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[–] Eagle0600@yiffit.net 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

That's 0 milligrams. 0 magnesium would be "0 Mg" (pay attention to capitalisation). Or even "0mg Mg".

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But but but 0 Mg would mean 0 megagrams! Capitalization doesn't fix the ambiguity!!1!

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

0mg is unambiguous. 0Mg has the two options. The issue is just that the OP is wrong (well, partially right but not what they wanted).

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

0 milligrams of magnesium.

[–] allroy@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

people are focused on other wrong things but.... the past participle of run is run

https://homework.study.com/explanation/what-is-the-past-participle-of-run.html

[–] catfooddispenser@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah it's seriously upsetting.

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

0 milligrams or 0 Magnesium?

[–] az04@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Instead of arguing about 0Mg vs 0mg - use the best of both and upset everyone: 0ᴍg

[–] Nikki@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

youve heard of uppercase and lowercase, meet middlecase

[–] CJOtheReal@ani.social 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Omg, 0mg o' Mg

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

A long time ago I bought a generic brand chip just because it had 0mg Cholesterol! in bold print on the front. They were awful to eat but the picture was worth a few hundred likes on Twitter (Currently known as Elon Musk's X) back then.

[–] unlucky@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

While we're intentionally avoiding the joke, a space should be placed between the number and the unit, preferably a non-breaking one.

[–] lightrush@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago
[–] Tischkante@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

That's deadly isn't it

[–] ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Mg: 0 mg

IUPAC convention needs a space between number and unit. You can only omit the space for % or degrees.