Marketers love to break such rules. They probably are covered by
stipulating that the box contains 3 L of wine. Otherwise, being vague
works: "Two scoops of raisins in every box."
Jim
John M. Steele wrote:
When a count and a size are adjacent, one should be spelled out, or the
sentence rewritten to avoid the situation.
"3 L Box = Four 750 mL bottles" or other constructs.
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*From:* James R. Frysinger <[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Wed, June 9, 2010 8:02:48 PM
*Subject:* [USMA:47621] Measurement train wreck
The July Consumer Reports issue (Consumer's Union, CU) features a blurb
on the inside back cover regarding boxed wine. This is the location in
the magazine that features labeling "gotchas".
The one of interest here is for a wine box of Cabernet Sauvignon and the
label states "3L Box = 4,750 Bottles". The CU reply is "That's one big box".
First, I suspected that the comma was actually a decimal mark, making
the meaning "4.750 Bottles". But if those are 750 mL bottles, only four
of them would be required to contain 3 L of wine. So, the company may
have used a comma as the decimal mark but also, perhaps, messed up their
division of (3 L)/(0.75 L). No brand name is given for this box of wine.
Jim
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