Yes, but when you see what are usually two mutually exclusive terms strung together it doesn't inspire confidence. Quite often confusing the two can lead to injury or death, i.e. firing a 10mm bullet from a .40 cal pistol, etc.
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Yes, but when you see what are usually two mutually exclusive terms strung together it doesn't inspire confidence. Quite often confusing the two can lead to injury or death, i.e. firing a 10mm bullet from a .40 cal pistol, etc.
Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
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I don't wish to labour the point as we veer off topic, but the terms are not mutually exclusive - each is actually meaningless without the other - a calibre requires the descriptor of a measurement.
In your example, you are still using just the shorthand, which is confusing you. The correct meaning of your sentence is:
..firing a 10 millimetre calibre bullet from a .40 inch calibre pistol..
If you say 'a 10mm bullet' are you saying the bullet is 10mm long, square or what? By convention, most people would accept that you are actually saying it is 10 mm in diameter (calibre).
For brevity's sake, people leave out either the measurement or calibre word, but by doing so they have to know what is being left out. The original article was simply being accurate, using the full descriptor.
Make sense?
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X-man, Banquo, Vlad:I don't wish to labour the point as we veer off topic, but the terms are not mutually exclusive - each is actually meaningless without the other - a calibre requires the descriptor of a measurement.
In your example, you are still using just the shorthand, which is confusing you. The correct meaning of your sentence is:
..firing a 10 millimetre calibre bullet from a .40 inch calibre pistol..
If you say 'a 10mm bullet' are you saying the bullet is 10mm long, square or what? By convention, most people would accept that you are actually saying it is 10 mm in diameter (calibre).
For brevity's sake, people leave out either the measurement or calibre word, but by doing so they have to know what is being left out. The original article was simply being accurate, using the full descriptor.
Make sense?
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Edit: Gah! Got ahead of myself.
Last edited by Vladimir; 09-15-2006 at 14:09.
Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
Ik hou van ferme grieten en dikke pinten
Down with dried flowers!
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