Unless you consider it essential to the story, how about a rewrite to use just one unit type?
I will be misquoting people then, and might remove a source of error. For instance, the woman might have meant 30 yards but said 30 feet.
Unless you consider it essential to the story, how about a rewrite to use just one unit type?
I will be misquoting people then, and might remove a source of error. For instance, the woman might have meant 30 yards but said 30 feet.