Original sentence: By design, the names of metric units use prefixes (such as deci- and deca-), which may look similar, and may confuse people unfamiliar with the system (e.However, in countries that metricated a long time ago, expressions involving the metric system are more common: “Don’t feel like you are 3 metres tall” (don't overestimate yourself), “one gram of experience is worth of a kilo of theory”, “millimetric precision”, “the traffic jam slithered ahead cent by cent” and so on.Indeed, the metric system can even be accused of worsening the situation by adopting the spelling tonne for the metric ton.This is also the case for the ton/tonne, ounce, and pound.dm and dam)
Edited sentence: By design, the names of metric units use prefixes (such as milli- and centi-), which may look similar, and may confuse people unfamiliar with the system (e.However, in countries that metricated a long time ago, expressions involving the metric system are more common: “Don’t feel like you are 2 metres tall” (don't overestimate yourself), “one gram of experience is worth of a kilo of theory”, “millimetric precision”, “the traffic jam slithered ahead cent by cent” and so on.This is also the case for the ton, ounce, and pound.mm and cm)