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Subject:Re: feet/ft/ft. From:Andrew Shires <andrews -at- HARLEQUIN -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Wed, 11 Aug 1993 10:07:33 BST
I agree with Ken's comments about what to say when spelling it out in
words. Another, minor, point to make is that if "x-y" were used, the
character between the numbers should be an en rule ("en dash"), not a
hyphen. The en rule expresses the fact that we are talking about a
range of numbers.
Andrew Shires andrews -at- harlequin -dot- co -dot- uk
Harlequin Ltd. andrews -at- harlequin -dot- com
