[geeks] Anybody can borrow me $10k? hehe....

[Chris Hedemark]

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On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 02:29 AM, Yuri K wrote:

> but I have a question as a student of English:
>
>    Wasn't the subj supposed to read "Anybody can lend me $10k?"

Actually, no, that doesn't work either.  If you change the question 
mark to a period or exclamation point, then it works, but then it 
becomes a statement instead of a question.  Instead, just flip the 
first two words around.

	"Can anybody lend me $10K?"

I also capitalized the "K" in "$10K" because I was always taught that 
the American way of expressing metric numbers requires you to 
capitalize the first letter if you are representing a multiple of the 
base unit that is larger than the base unit, and small letters for 
multiples that represent fractions of the base unit.

So if we're talking about meters, for example, you would use "cm" for 
"centimeters" but "Km" (or "KM") for "kilometers".  Because, while not 
often used in common parlance, there is a big difference between "dm" 
and "Dm".

Of course, the US is not using the metric system for much more than 
measuring our currency or our carbonated beverages (and even then, only 
when sold in larger bottles).

Chris Hedemark
Hillsborough, NC
http://yonderway.com


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