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On Sunday 12 September 2010 09:56:15 Jorge Llamb=EDas wrote:
> That's how I use it. Except that the "scale (si'o)" also doesn't make
> sense to me. I would say:
>
>   mi merli lo karce li re lo mitre
>   "I measure the car to be 2 meters."
>
> They want you to say instead something like:
>
>   mi merli lo ni lo karce cu clani kei li re lo si'o mitre

"lo si'o mitre" is correct. lo mitre is some object or path or whatever who=
se=20
length is measured in meters; lo si'o mitre is the meter as a unit.

"mi merli lo karce" is sumti-raising, and in this example, I'd take it to m=
ean=20
the width, not the length, which is closer to 4 m of cars I'm familiar with=
.=20
I'd say "mi merli lo karce nilcla" to specify without saying so many=20
syllables.

As to the accuracy: English has the oddity that an accuracy of 1 millimeter=
 is=20
greater than an accuracy of 10 millimeters. I think that accuracy of a=20
quantity expressed in meters should be expressed in diopters.

Pierre
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Jews use a lunisolar calendar; Muslims use a solely lunar calendar.

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