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Regarding Michael Edmiston's (possibly rhetorical?) question:The language is troublesome. The principal of equivalence, a
... Isn't a main conclusion of general relativity
that there is an equivalence of the concepts of gravity and acceleration,
similar to a main conclusion of special relativity that there is an
equivalence of the concepts of energy and mass?
So, if the equivalence of energy and mass allow us to mix energy and mass
units and terminology, shouldn't the equivalence of gravity and acceleration
allow us to mix these units and terminology?