Pat Naughtin has presented extensive arguments recommending that the "centi" 
submultiples not be used when converting a country from Imperial units to SI. However, 
the UKMA web site argues the opposite, claiming that the push to use only submultiples 
separated by a factor of 1000 (10^3) from a base unit, such as millimetres for lengths 
or distances larger than 1 mm but smaller than 1 m, continues to foster the false 
impression (at least in the UK) that the SI is "good" only for scientific and 
engineering disciplines rather than every domain and forces citizens to use 
unnecessarily large numbers with those subunits -- numbers that are not user friendly 
and that give a false indication of precision.

I'm curious if anyone associated with the UKMA (Chris? Others?) would care to explain 
why they have taken that position despite the information provided by Pat Naughtin. 
(I'm still debating in my own mind which is the better way to go, so I'm very 
interested in the potential discussion on this topic.)

Ezra

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