Originally Posted by
ligia
Wow, thereīs something here I have to learn:
I count 1-2-3-4 (1/2")- 5-6-
7-8 (-->1") markers.
Isnīt the 7/8 the last marker before the next full inch (the 8th) ?

There should only be 7 marks in between the inch marks, what you write here is correct, the earlier statement that there are 8 marks between the inch marks would be incorrect.. The 1 inch mark for instance is eight-eighths; the 2 inch is sixteen-eighths.