Ar 08:46 -0700 1998-10-14, scr�obh John Cowan:
>Alain, LaBonti\", , wrote:
>
>> If one wants to say N DEGREES, in French, like in English, one will
>> explicitly writes so, not write "n�" (btw in French, when we want to write
>> two words, we write a space in between, i.e. "n �" could, very
>> hypothetically, mean EN DEGREES).
>
>So you write "37 �" not "37�", as in "normal body temperature is 37�"?
Yes, they do, but they also write about 37� of arc (without a space).
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