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Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
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Inch vs. Inches
'0.5 inch or 0.5 inches' refers to 0.5 of an inch - inch being the base unit. A base unit is singular, so former is logically correct.
'0.67 inch' is another issue. inch is divided into fraction. 0.67 appears to be two-thirds of an inch. Again the singular inch prevails.