From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8cc219d579ff660e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-04 08:50:05 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Gene Nygaard Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Wrong SI unit specification Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 16:36:13 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <95k0ds$32s$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <3A782B4B.92E0EA8C@lmco.com> <3A7837E3.2DEC0689@cfmu.eurocontrol.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.24.199.230 X-Article-Creation-Date: Sun Feb 04 16:36:13 2001 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 cache (ICS 1.2.94), 1.0 x69.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 12.24.199.230 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDgnygaard Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4923 Date: 2001-02-04T16:36:13+00:00 List-Id: In article <3A7837E3.2DEC0689@cfmu.eurocontrol.be>, Ian Wild wrote: > "Howard W. LUDWIG" wrote: > > > > (...the unit name is always one > > word, except for "degree Celsius" and its multiples and sub- > > multiples). > > "kelvin" Irrelevant to the point being made. Degrees Celsius are SI derived units with a special name. The units here are degrees; the adjective identifying them is capitalized in English. There is no particular logic in why the adjectives would be treated different from the nouns, but that is the conventional way in which it is done. Kelvins are SI base units, written kelvins without an initial capital in English except when it would normally be capitalized for another reason, as the one I have at the beginning of this sentence. -- Gene Nygaard http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/