: Re: If I'm writing in US English, am I not allowed to use the metric system? For example, can I say this if my book is written in US English (in non-dialog): The car was going at least

That depends on where your story takes place. In US and UK, car speed is thought of in miles per hour, and speed limits are posted accordingly. In Canada, Australia and most of the world its kilometers per hour. A foreign motorist driving in US is quickly forced to think in miles, and similar can be said about US motorist driving in a "metric" country.

So, I think you should stick with the country's system (US?), and if your character is a foreigner, he would have a back thought like "Wow, that's 140 kilometers per hour!" If your story is about an American traveling in Europe, a mirroring thought may be "140 kilometers per hour, that's almost 90 mph!"

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