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Post by RKC on Apr 10, 2009 15:25:39 GMT 12
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Post by nuggets on Apr 11, 2009 9:12:55 GMT 12
just noticed that they qouted the gold price for an ounce at 28 grams  do you kiwi,s not deal in the troy ounce of 31.1 grams |
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Post by RKC on Apr 11, 2009 18:55:02 GMT 12
G'day nuggets,
That was a poor mistake for a newspaper to make in print! Newspapers don't employ the number of 'human' proof-readers they once did and these days they tend to rely too much on only scanning the article to proof read it with software. And scanning software seems to have a problem with numbers. I once wrote an article for an American mining magazine in which I referred to a four and a quarter ounce nugget ( I typed in the article a "4 1/4 ounce nugget") ... and in the printed article it appeared as a 414 ounce nugget! I was really disapointed by the mistake and I haven't written for the magazine since.
Regards,
Rob (RKC)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2009 12:02:26 GMT 12
Reporter was probably australian Lol and the u comes after the q
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Post by nuggets on Apr 13, 2009 5:53:26 GMT 12
Reporter was probably australian Lol and the u comes after the q ;D ;D so it does !!!, what is this world coming to !!  ::)ozzy reporters and a dyslexic proof reader from the uk  ;D ;D ;D cheers nuggets  |
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do you kiwi,s not deal in the troy ounce of 31.1 grams 
::)ozzy reporters and a dyslexic proof reader from the uk 
;D ;D ;D