this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still, it's still used as a measurement that only a small fraction of the world still uses.

That's a lot of stills ๐Ÿค”

But coming back to your point, yes, I have no idea why the US insists on keeping the imperial system, it's outdated, ugly and inconsistent. Plus you cannot easily convert from one unit to another.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, english is my second language.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Your grammar is correct and your sentence structure is fine. It just lacks a bit of... pizzazz ๐Ÿ˜‰

You could say

Regardless, it remains in use as a measurement that only a small fraction of the world continues to use.

Which maybe is a little bit too much pizzazz for Lemmy but you don't really get to have fun with your writing elsewhere!