: 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

As an Englishman reading American and translated European novels, and having once been a publisher's style editor, I think keeping away from actual figures is the best approach, unless you are writing science fiction using, for instance, 'warp six', or 'hyper-spacial 19' or something similar. Your publisher (even if it's you) will have an easier job avoiding numbers. Incidentally if you publish for an English (as against American) reader it is 'kilometres' not 'kilometers' and 'anymore' is TWO WORDS, not ONE word!

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