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- Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%? [closed]
This looks like a real question to me Unfortunately, because a moderator has closed it, I can't cite style guide discussions that distinguish between asserting that something has increased by more than 100% (valid) and asserting that something has decreased by more than 100% (invalid, unless negative numbers make sense in the context of the topic under discussion)
- The meaning of 0% and 100% as opposed to other percentages?
So you may refund all of a loan (with interests) without paying 100% of it: the rounding rule sometimes apply also with 100% (or 0%) When rounding the amount of killed bacteria you have to remember that you are talking about numbers that exceed hundreds of billions so 1% is still a large number of bacteria that will survive and multiply
- Correct usage of USD - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
100 clams 50 quid a stack of euros thick enough to choke a cow Share Improve this answer Follow
- What was the first use of the saying, You miss 100% of the shots you . . .
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take 1991 Burton W Kanter, "AARP—Asset Accumulation, Retention and Protection," Taxes 69: 717: "Wayne Gretzky, relating the comment of one of his early coaches who, frustrated by his lack of scoring in an important game told him, 'You miss 100% of the shots you never take '"
- How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?
100 trillion in most (non-English speaking) other places (Practical approach: The different naming patterns for large numbers obviously can lead to misunderstandings internationally, expressing large numbers in the unambiguous format of X ×10 y may be preferrable in these cases
- a 100 vs 100 - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
She walked past the farm 100 times or She walked past the farm a 100 times The second seems wrong to me since separately "100" is pronounced "one hundred" but I have frequently seen this usage Edit I changed the example to avoid some confusion surrounding my question
- Why was not were in Nearly £20 was taken from my bank account
While 100 dollars is plural so you naturally say were But twenty quid was taken Wiki - The word Quid was also used in connection to multiple pounds You could also say 20 clams were taken or 20 of my finest bills were taken But it would be a score was taken Similarly twenty bob, nicker, wedge or wonga would be was But 20 smackeroos were
- writing style - How to write numbers and percentage? - English Language . . .
[Relevant examples;] 1%[;] 45%[;] 100% In discussions involving infrequent use of numbers you may spell out a percentage or an amount of money if you can do so in three words or fewer (five dollars, forty-five percent, two thousand dollars, sixty-eight cents) Do no combine spelled forms of numbers with symbols
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