Only 4 remaining countries use the English Imperial system of measurements
1) Liberia
2) Myanmar (formerly known as Burma)
4) UK*
*Though The metric system is in official use within the United Kingdom; however, use of Imperial unit is widespread in many cases." For example it is illegal for metric road signs and illegal to sell draught beer in metric.
Britian and the United States still use the English Measuring system.
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-- The two countries that still use the English system of weights and measures
are the USA, Myanmar (Burma), and Liberia.
-- There is nothing standard about that system, except in those two countries.
If by "English" you mean the original system of inches/feet/yards and so on, the US is probably the highest profile, if not the only country still using it. Most of the modern world, including England, is now on the metric system. Attached is a collection of measurement converters that may be helpful.
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Liberia and Myanmar.
Apparently it's not as universal as you think.
Yes only three countries still use other systems, Burma, Liberia, and USA.
Because some countries still use the outdated and clumsy Imperial system. International trade requires traders to understand each others' system and, unless the goods are labelled appropriately, consumers need to as well.
The countries that officially use the English system of measurements today are the USA, Myanmar (Burma) and Liberia. Although the use of the English system is widespread in the United Kingdom, it has adopted S.I.
The United States is one of few countries in the world that still uses the Imperial and/or US customary measurement system in which distance is measured in feet and inches, weight is measured in pounds and ounces, area is measured in acres, volume is measured in gallons. The United States, for whatever reason, has opted to keep this system of measurement, even though pretty much the rest of the world has adopted the metric system.
The US and the UK.
Apparently it's not as universal as you think.
Some countries, such as the US, still use an ancient system. The use of an obsolete system makes it difficult to trade internationally.
Yes only three countries still use other systems, Burma, Liberia, and USA.
Because some countries still use the outdated and clumsy Imperial system. International trade requires traders to understand each others' system and, unless the goods are labelled appropriately, consumers need to as well.
The countries that officially use the English system of measurements today are the USA, Myanmar (Burma) and Liberia. Although the use of the English system is widespread in the United Kingdom, it has adopted S.I.
The United States is one of few countries in the world that still uses the Imperial and/or US customary measurement system in which distance is measured in feet and inches, weight is measured in pounds and ounces, area is measured in acres, volume is measured in gallons. The United States, for whatever reason, has opted to keep this system of measurement, even though pretty much the rest of the world has adopted the metric system.
The US was once a British colony and the people got used to using the English system of measurement. Once people grow up thinking in pounds, gallons, miles, etc. they do not want to have to learn a new system.
In case I read the question wrong, I am assuming you asked Where is the metric system commonly used instead of English units. The answer is everywhere EXCEPT America. The metric system is an international measurement system based on 10. France was first to adopt it in 1799 and it is now the basic measurement system used in almost every country in the world. The United States has yet to adopt it which is why American products, highway speeds ....virtually everything is still in standard English measurement. It is very very slowly coming into use commonly in America. It is incredibly easy to use, but in school you are taught conversion, which is hard, and absolutely unneccessary. This turned many people off to it.
The metric system is the most widely used system of measurement, although the empirical system still seems limited use, like the United States.
The French use the metric system; in fact they were the ones who created it! So it would still be 3 millimeters. The only countries to not use the metric system are the United States, Myanmar, and Liberia.
There's only one "major" system of units of measurement. That's the SIor "metric" system, adopted as the standard by all countries of the worldexcept three. Liberia, Burma, and the USA have not adopted the metricsystem, and still use other systems.