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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: what's a 2x4
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 18:41:37 EST
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> ... This would consist of things like 2x4s (I guess it is OK to 
> use imperial measurements now that it appears mandatory metrification 
> is being scrapped)...

It's OK to say "2x4" regardless, since this is a *name*, not a measurement.
There is nothing "2 inches by 4 inches" about a 2x4 (no, not even rough-sawn
2x4's are 2 inches by 4 inches nowadays).  The existing metric-practice
guides, including the CSA one, are quite explicit that names don't change
when you go metric.
-- 
	"Make mine metric."

				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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