Thanks, but I already noted that explicitly in the first paragraph
of my post. My question is not about the
symbols, but about
the
units when spelled out. David asserted that the BIPM
says that even in that case, one does not add an s. I cannot find
any reference to such a rule in my search of BIPM docs.
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On 8/29/2022 20:15, Brian wrote:
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The
Style Manual, the Australian Government Publishing Service
document, states quite categorically that SI unit symbols
never take a plural s
(Wiley Australia, 2002:184). This is based on ISO:31:1992.
Cheers,
Brian
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Thanks for that, David. I do have a
question about plurals,
however. IEEE journal editorial practice explicitly disagrees
with your rule
about plurals when the unit is spelled out. The IEEE says to
add an s, so ¡°2
watts¡± is correct, according to them. That also conforms with
standard English
grammar rules.
Since my style guide is decades old, I
took a look at the
most recent BIPM SI summary. I could not find any reference
to a pluralization
rule anywhere in its 102 pages (other than a prohibition
against adding an s to
unit abbreviations) but I was only skimming. If you could
point me to a
specific page in that or done other document, I¡¯d appreciate
it greatly.
Cheers,
