RE: PS Re: looking for pics\SPOILER B5
From: Adam Delafield <A.Delafield@b...>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 08:45:16 -0500
Subject: RE: PS Re: looking for pics\SPOILER B5
Date sent: 13-JAN-1997 13:39:46
>Rob Paul wrote:
>>metric tons should be either "t" or "tonnes"
>Both "MT" and "t" are the correct abbreviations for representing a
metric ton.
Yes but ton is not metric. A metric ton does not exist. A metric tonne
on the
other hand is 1,000 Kg.
So 'M ton' can't be metric.
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