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Should America Convert To The Metric System
Should America convert to the metric system?
There are three countries that still didn’t convert to the metric system: US, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Liberia. The US still uses the English units also known as the Imperial System. I think that US should convert to the metric system because: the metric system is much simpler, the whole world uses it, and the English system hurts the international trade.
As I said before the metric system is a LOT simpler! There are 10 millimeters in a centimeter, 100 centimeters in a meter, and 1000 meters in a kilometer. In the English style: the kings foot is 12 inches, from the kings nose to the tips of his fingers is a yard, and there are 1760 yards in a mile. The metric system also avoids many confusions of the dual-use of terms that have place in the English system.
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If 95% uses the same system and the other 5% is not, it is actually not a choice if US will change, it is a matter of necessity. It is hard for tourists to buy something in America without knowing Americans “special measurement system.” Converting to the metric would make it easier for everyone, mostly students. If the metric system was taught early in schools in few years most of the people would know the Metric system (also teaching fractions would be unnecessary.)
And my last argument, the Imperial system is hindering the international trade. Everything imported from the US is measured in the English style system. Let’s say someone wants to buy something in US and ship it into Europe, he has to order it but first he has to do an order of unnecessary actions of converting everything into pounds. It takes a lot less work to buy the same product in a country that has already converted to the metric.
Yet some people still support the Imperial arguments like: English system is everything we need - we don't need the metric system, The English system represents our culture and

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