Stamets@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 months agoelemental rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1586arrow-down10
arrow-up1586arrow-down1imageelemental rulelemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareEagle0600@yiffit.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-26 months agoThat’s 0 milligrams. 0 magnesium would be “0 Mg” (pay attention to capitalisation). Or even “0mg Mg”.
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 months agoBut but but 0 Mg would mean 0 megagrams! Capitalization doesn’t fix the ambiguity!!1!
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months ago0mg is unambiguous. 0Mg has the two options. The issue is just that the OP is wrong (well, partially right but not what they wanted).
That’s 0 milligrams. 0 magnesium would be “0 Mg” (pay attention to capitalisation). Or even “0mg Mg”.
But but but 0 Mg would mean 0 megagrams! Capitalization doesn’t fix the ambiguity!!1!
0mg is unambiguous. 0Mg has the two options. The issue is just that the OP is wrong (well, partially right but not what they wanted).
0 milligrams of magnesium.