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(BE) I have been to Paris, Rome and London.
Writing time in digits we use -:- in American English and -.- in British English. Thus we have 5:30 a.m., 12:21 p.m., etc. in AE and 5.30 a.m., 12.21 p.m. etc.,
in BE.
In American English, it is normal to say sundays, nights, evenings, weekends, etc.
In British English, we usually say every sunday, every night, every evening, every
WEEKEND.
In American English, zero is generally used for the number '0':
e.g.
Her phone number is one three zero two six;
Zero point five (0.5, decimal fraction).
In British English, zero is used in scientific or technical language. The usual way of saying '0' is nought or 0:
e.g.
Her phone number is one three nought two six;
Nought point five (0.5, decimal fraction).
The way of saying double numbers in telephone numbers is:
e.g.
(AE) The telephone number is five one one eight five three five;
(BE) The telephone number is five double one eight five three five.
13. Tables of equivalents of American-British units of measurement
Linear Measure
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 foot = 12 inches = 0.3048 m
1 yard = 3 feet = 0.9144 m
1 chain = 22 yards = 20.12 m
1 furlong = 10 chains = 0.2012 km
1 mile = 8 furlongs = 1.609 km
1 nautical mile = 6076.12 feet = 1852 m
Weight Measure
1 grain = 64.8 mg
1 dram = 1.772 g
1 ounce = 16 drams = 28.35 g
1 pound = 16 ounces = 0.4536 kg
1 stone = 14 pounds = 6.350 kg
1 quarter = 2 stones = 12.70 kg
1 (long) hundredweight = 50.80 kg
1 (long) ton = 20 hundredweight = 1.016 tonnes
(US) 1 (short) hundredweight = 100 pounds = 45.36 kg
(US) 1 (short) ton = 2000 pounds = 0.9072 tonnes
Liquid Measure
(UK) 1 fluid ounce = 28.41 cm3
(US) 1 fluid ounce = 1.041 British fluid ounce = 29.57 cm3
(UK) 1 gill = 1/4 pint = 5 fluid ounces = 0.1421 dm3
(US) 1 gill = 1/4 pint US =5 fliud ounces US = 0.118 dm3
(UK) 1 pint = 1/8 gallon 4 gills = 0.5683 dm3
(US) 1 pint = 1/8 US gallon = 0.47 dm3
(UK) 1 quart = 2 pints = 1.137 dm3
(US) 1 quart = 0.833 British quart = 0.946 dm3
(UK) 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 4.546 dm3
(US) 1 gallon = 0.833 British gallon = 3.785 dm3
(UK) 1 bushel = 8 gallons = 36.369 dm3
(US) 1 bushel = 8 US gallon
Square Measure
1 square inch = 645.16 mm2
1 square foot = 144 square inches = 0.0929 m2
1 square yard = 9 square feet = 0.8361 m2
1 acre = 4840 square yards = 4047 m2
1 square mile = 640 acres = 259 ha
Cubic Measure
1 cubic inch = 16.39 cm3
1 cubic foot = 1728 cubic inches = 0.02832 m3 = 28.32 dm3
1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet = 0.7646 m3 = 764.6 dm3
US Dry Measure
1 pint =0.9689 UK pint =0.5506 dm3
1 bushel = 0.9689 UK bushel = 35.238 dm3
On January 1,2000 Great Britain changed over from its Emperial system of measurement to metric system.
14. Military ranks
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