Mar 2, 2009 · Sí. La manera más entendible de decir 10' 0" es 3.05 metros. Lo que pasa es que, en todos los países hispanohablantes, se utiliza el sistema métrico, no el de las medidas inglesas.

Oct 19, 2014 · Nope, the above is a direct quote from the bible, i.e. The Associated Press Stylebook, which says, in part: Although some publications use a different style guide, the AP Stylebook is considered a newspaper industry standard and is also used by broadcasters, magazines and public relations firms, in part because its style guidelines offer short-form advantages over other style manuals designed ...

Sep 9, 2006 · Hi! How do you say 5 foot 7 inches in french? (And is there an abbreviation for it?)

Jan 19, 2013 · Generally speaking, footnote symbols (asterisk, dagger, double-dagger, section mark, etc) are used to mark footnoted comments and are used in that order.

Oct 19, 2016 · You have not given us a sentence to work with, but I would agree with nakretep that "six one" is the most natural, if there is context. Otherwise, you might include "foot", as in the song lyrics "she was five foot two and had eyes of blue". …

Jul 11, 2014 · The international standard symbol for inches is "in". Since that's also a word in English I wonder if there are specific rules when using it in a sentence or if there's none, since context alone can let you tell apart the word from the symbol. In …

Sep 13, 2012 · In fact what nat recommended was 0.5" or 0.5 in. He put a period after 'in'. I think it would be better to omit the period. Feet, by the way, are designated by a single quote or 'ft'. 0.5' or 0.5 ft is half a foot. For people accustomed to using the metric system, it may not be obvious that double quotes means inches.

Aug 5, 2017 · We should properly be using the prime and double prime symbols (5′ 5″) which have a slant inwards. The apostrophe or single/double quotation mark has been used because the prime symbol is more difficult to get at on the computer. See this thread: Abbreviating Imperial measurements (Inches, Feet, etc. - the symbol prime)

Jun 5, 2017 · I didn't know these! They would be useful when there isn't enough space to put more than one symbol (for example, sometimes the four symbols in the original post appear to the left of the text explaining why the brand was rated good, poor, etc.) The downside is that I can't use them when it's a 1 (poor) - 2 (so-so) - 3 (good) rating system.

Feb 22, 2011 · 'In foot ' can't be used as it is but it can be split with some adjectives like 'bare' or 'stocking ' or anything else that fits best between them . Please mind that the sentence 'We walked around the park in bare foot ' can pass the grammar threshold as free as the sentence with 'on foot 'as in 'we came here on foot '.