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"Raymond J. Johnson, Jr." wrote:


And .0001" is referred to as "one tenth," which sort scuttles your theory.

Doesn't scuttle it in the least, merely extends it. If .001 is "one"
(which it is,) then .0001 is "one tenth." The only thing you're doing in
both cases is dropping the implied "thousandth." Makes perfect sense and
is completely consistent.