BOS advises that you use
Posted By: (sm) on 2006-07-25
In Reply to: Abbreviations per book of style question - sm - ?
Subject: BOS advises that you use
appropriate abbreviations for metric units of measure. Nonmetric units of measure (ounce, pound, inch, foot, yard, mile, etc.) unless being used in a table should be spelled out.
But as the other poster stated, account specs override BOS.
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