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Funny that 1 litre is singular but 1.0 lires is plural even though 1.0 is more precisely singular than 1. IOW, English is screwy
by readthenotes1 2y ago
Funny that 1 litre is singular but 1.0 lires is plural even though 1.0 is more precisely singular than 1.
IOW, English is screwy
- d99kris 2y agoIf you write it out as "one litre" vs. "one point zero litres" it becomes a little bit more consistent though.
- cies 2y agoI disagree 1.0 is more precise one than 1. Both in speaking language, and in quite some programming languages "1" is assumed to be an integer, and "1.0" is assumed to be a number with one decimal (something akin to a float). And I'd say integer "1" is the most precise type of one. If we are rounding numbers you are right though... round_to_int(0.5000000 to 1.499999) -> 1 round_to_one_decimal(0.9500000 to 1.049999) -> 1.0
- Terr_ 2y ago> I disagree 1.0 is more precise one than 1. It depends on the context/subtext: Is the other person trying to communicate something extra by adding the .0 portion? Some are, some aren't. A programmer might use it to distinguish a data-type even though they are otherwise equal, an engineer might use it for significant-figures, etc.
- gerdesj 2y ago[flagged]
- alt187 2y agoSpelling.
- stephen_g 2y agoI might just take it that the special case is more for the word 'one', not the value of one. Or perhaps more for one of a discreet object, where the litre is considered as a single thing but 1.0 is implying a continuous measurement so it changes how we think of it?
- croes 2y agoIt’s the same in German. Not for liter because the German Liter is also its plural form.
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