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Richard Bell's article on page 30 of WM included a ruling on metre versus meter. According to my old Collins dictionary, either can be used when describing poetry. What do the rest of you think?
My understanding is that a meter is an apparatus for measuring (eg gas meter), whereas a metre is a metric unit of length measurement defined in a 1963 Act of Parliament about metrification which states 'One yard = 0.9144 metre'.
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