Re: Green card


Subject: Re: Green card
From: Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2001 - 05:40:58 GMT


On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 11:52:48AM +0200, georges aron wrote:

> I'm looking for help about a small english-maths problem. To apply
> for the Green Card Lottery, the authorities ask for a "photo: 2
> inches square". Does it mean they 're expecting a square-shaped picture
> (2 inches x 2 inches) or does the word 'square' means 'area' as in
> '2 inches ²' ???

You got it right the first time: It means two inches by two inches -- that
is, a square picture, two inches in size on all sides.

--tim

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