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To handle this situation you mention, I capitalize the 'L' ... i.e., show it as "1L". I have also used "mL" to represent milli-liters rather than "ml".
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From: techwr-l-bounces+syed -dot- hosain=aeris -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+syed -dot- hosain=aeris -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Peter Neilson
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 12:14 PM
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Subject: Re: punctuation et al. rules
So a one-liter flask is a 1l flask? Sure looks like eleven to me. (I'm using Courier right now.)
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:09:25 -0500, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Would you believe, my current company has updated its corporate style
> guide so that if the unit is represented by a single-letter
> abbreviation (as in V for volt, or Î for ohms, we don't have a space
> between the number and the unit no matter whether it's a noun or a
> phrasal adjective?
>
> <shudder>
>
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