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Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Where did the 100 come from? And wouldn't that be "ten metres squared"?
> > Even then, I still haven't heard anyone use such expression.
> If you say "the room is ten feet square", you're saying the room is a square
> ten feet on a side. Hence, 100 square feet.
> It works best with almost-square surfaces being measured. :-)
Is that *really* an expression people use regularly? Because I have never
heard or read that even in English.
Of course such an expression is quite incorrect, technically speaking.
Squares cannot be measured in feet or meters. The *sides* of the squares can.
The expression which *is* usually used is "there room is a ten-by-ten
feet/meters square".
Of course in this case the expression is talking about a geometrical shape
rather than a mathematical expression.
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- Warp
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