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We already kind of do that. I’ve seen things like 1.5 gallons, 2.5 miles, 10.7 feet. I’ve never seen the intermediate imperial units being used.
by 2muchcoffeeman 3y ago
We already kind of do that. I’ve seen things like 1.5 gallons, 2.5 miles, 10.7 feet. I’ve never seen the intermediate imperial units being used.
- tomatocracy 3y agoAt least in the UK my experience is we don't really use decimals with Imperial units - it seems much more natural to use fractions. For example, "10 feet 8 and a half inches" not "10.7 feet" (yes I know the rounding is slightly different). For a smaller distance you might say "three sixteenths of an inch" (since thats what the imperial side of a tape measure is typically divided into) though there are some exceptions eg "0.1 inch spacing". Pints and fl oz the same (you see this quite often in recipes for example) - "1 pint 3 fl oz" or even "23 fl oz" not "1.15 pints". For gallons I think most Brits would likely use a whole number of pints rather than subdividing (ie "21 pints" not "2 gallons, 5 pints"). But I'll give you that we don't really use furlongs outside of horse racing :)