XPost: sci.electronics.equipment   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:27:26 +0100, Pimpom  wrote:   
      
   > On 7/13/2020 6:06 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 05:53:29 +0100, Pimpom  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 7/13/2020 12:51 AM, Tom Gardner wrote:   
   >>>> On 12/07/20 19:01, Pimpom wrote:   
   >>>>> On 7/12/2020 11:15 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 05:23:31 +0100, Cydrome Leader    
   >>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> In sci.electronics.equipment Pimpom  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> My mechanical slide caliper has a resolution of 0.001 inch. This   
   >>>>>>>> means that it can display measurements with a precision of 1 mil,   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> What if your caliper had a resolution of 1 mil +/- 3 counts on the last   
   >>>>>>> digit?   
   >>>>> .............   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> In America, what is a "mill"?  In the UK, it used to mean a thousandth   
   of an   
   >>>>>> inch, but people use it to mean a millimetre nowadays.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's not a mill. It's mil - single l. It means, and has always meant, a   
   >>>>> thousandth of an inch. It's not an Americanism.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In the UK "mill" means millilitre.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If you want to refer to fractions of an inch, then   
   >>>> it is /always/ "thou", i.e. thousandths of an inch.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In the UK "mil/mill" /never/ means 0.001".   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> My bad. This is the first time I heard that the mil is not used   
   >>> as the unit for .001" in the UK. (I'm *not* an American).   
   >>   
   >> If you're not American why did you say "my bad"?  Your bad what?  Finish   
   the sentence!   
   >>   
   > So now you're a grammar Nazi? This after I (and others) spent   
   > considerable time and effort patiently explaining to you a   
   > concept that many/most readers here probably already knew, and   
   > would quickly grasp if they didn't. Sheesh!   
   >   
   > And is there a law against non-Americans using an American   
   > expression? FYI I'm none of these: American, British, Australian   
   > or Canadian - or a citizen of any other country where English is   
   > natively spoken.   
      
   It's not grammar, it's missing off an entuire word, the one with the meaning   
   in it!   
      
   It's like saying "Today I went out and did some".   
      
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