Dear John,
On my Apple computer there is a keyboard shortcut that uses Option-
Spacebar to give a thin non-breaking space. I have got into the habit
of using it and maybe it will work for you on your keyboard.
Sadly this shortcut doesn't work for emails.
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On 2010/06/10, at 22:47 , John M. Steele wrote:
Because the solution is a minor nuisance to invoke, I am certainly
guilty of just hoping it won't "break." However, the solution
character, non-breaking space, may be invoked via Character Map, alt-
codes, or embedded as an html special character. In "real"
typography, there is a "thin space" available which should be used.
I only point this out for other cases as obviously 3000 != 4750, and
the issue here is not a thousand separator issue.
From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 8:25:09 AM
Subject: [USMA:47636] RE: Measurement train wreck - or should this
be wine?
And herein is a problem when using spaces to seperate the
thousands. (The other one is where a line is broken around a
carriage return/line-feed)
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [USMA:47627] RE: Measurement train wreck
> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 21:37:52 -0400
>
>
> More likely it was a typesetting error, where "4 750ml bottles" was
> intended. 4 x 750 ml - 3 liters.
>
> Carleton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf
> Of James R. Frysinger
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 20:03
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> 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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