Dear Judy, It was my pleasure to provide that list of suggested changes.
I want to make sure that you see some other comments that were provided by John Steele. Those are copied below.
Jim
I largely agree with the recommendations made by Jim Frysinger; however, a few additional points. He noted it on page 15, but throughout the document beginning on page 7, there are many occurences of spelling variation metre/meter, litre/liter, etc. As Saint Lucia is a Commonwealth member, I would assume you want British spelling throughout. The differences which affect the SI are: US: meter, liter, deka, metric ton UK: metre, litre, deca, tonne (in the Glossary, "metric tonne" is redundant, use tonne or metric ton) Choose one and be consistent. I recommend searching for occurances of the "offending" spelling. Page 9: I recommend the graphic be titled Metric Prefixes. The stairstep analogy is fine but it will be better to use correct terminology in the title. Note if you choose British spelling that deka should be deca. Page 14: The proper SI symbol for minute is min. Jim's note has a typo on this point.
[For the life of me, I cannot find that error in my comments; my copy of what I sent gives min as the symbol for minute. Perhaps it did not transmit well or perhaps I'm missing something. But, it's worth checking. -- Jim]
When you compare to the gallon or quart, I don't know whether Saint Lucia uses the US or Imperial gallon. The liter/litre is the same for everybody. 61 L is about 16 US gallons, but about 13.4 Imp. gallons. 1 qt = 0.946 L (or 1 L = 1.06 qt) is correct for the US fluid quart. For the Imperial quart 1 Imp. qt = 1.14 L, approximately.
-- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108 On 2011-10-13 09:25, Metrication Secretariat wrote:
Dear Jim Our outlook account has a problem. I have not been receiving emails from USMA. The Chairman, Mr. Hubert James has passed yours to me since it was copied to him. Please use our gmail account - metcen...@gmail.com <mailto:metcen...@gmail.com> Thank you Jim for your recommendations, so thorough. We appreciate your assistance and will certainly adjust the pocket guide accordingly. Best regards Judy H. Rene Coordinator Saint Lucia Metrication Secretariat On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Hubert James <hubert110...@hotmail.com <mailto:hubert110...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:06:59 -0500 > From: j...@metricmethods.com <mailto:j...@metricmethods.com> > To: hubert110...@hotmail.com <mailto:hubert110...@hotmail.com>; metcen...@candw.lc <mailto:metcen...@candw.lc> > Subject: Fwd: [USMA:51227] Re: Draft Metric Pocket Guide > > This forwards a reply to metcetre. That mail box is apparently full and > is not taking mail. > > I hope that this makes it through. > > James R. Frysinger > > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 <tel:931.212.0267> > (H) 931.657.3107 <tel:931.657.3107> > (F) 931.657.3108 <tel:931.657.3108> > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [USMA:51227] Re: Draft Metric Pocket Guide > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:07:37 -0500 > From: James Frysinger <j...@metricmethods.com <mailto:j...@metricmethods.com>> > Reply-To: j...@metricmethods.com <mailto:j...@metricmethods.com> > To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu <mailto:usma@colostate.edu>> > CC: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu <mailto:usma@colostate.edu>> > > Dear Ms Rene, > > I would be glad to review your metric guide for you. It pleases me very > much that you have developed this and are pushing on toward complete > metrication. I reviewed your document and now provide you with the > attached comments. > > Best regards, > > James R. Frysinger (Jim) > > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 <tel:931.212.0267> > (H) 931.657.3107 <tel:931.657.3107> > (F) 931.657.3108 <tel:931.657.3108> > > On 2011-10-10 10:41, Saint Lucia Metrication Secretariat wrote: > > Dear Ezra > > > > Attached is a draft of our Metric Pocket Guide. This Guide is aimed at > > the ordinary man, hence we have endeavoured to make it as simple as > > possible. > > > > We should be grateful for review, comments and suggestions of the USMA. > > > > Thank you > > > > Best regards > > > > Judy H. Rene > > > > Coordinator > > > > Saint Lucia Metrication Secretariat > > > > 1 Maurice Mason Avenue > > > > Sans Souci > > > > Castries > > > > St. Lucia W.I. > > > > Tel.: (758) 4521541 <tel:%28758%29%204521541>; Fax: (758) 4581642 <tel:%28758%29%204581642>; Email: metcen...@candw.lc <mailto:metcen...@candw.lc> > > <mailto:metcen...@candw.lc <mailto:metcen...@candw.lc>> > > > > ** > > > > ***METRIC IS HERE!****Let’s measure up.* > > >
