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Re: Prefixes (was Re: Gravity and pi)

Donald Simanek wrote:

.... When I was in school you abbreviated "revolutions per minute"
as "R. P. M." Now, it is "rpm". The present rule is that you omit the
periods if doing so causes no confusion, and gratuitous capitalization

is not necessary. ...

Should I continue using d.o.p. instead of dop? The word voltage was
criticized on phys-L.

... most people are too lazy to use their dictionaries, and many
teachers are also. Granted that English is an evolving language, and
change is expected, and necessary. ....

A famous essay on English language (by a physicist Kasimir, from
Holland) would be appropriate as a Sunday reply here. Very serious
and very funny. It is worth posting here. Does anybody have a copy;
I do not know where mine is. Otherwise I would scan and poste it.

Ludwik Kowalski