- 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)
- Does a percentage quantity take singular or plural verb agreement . . .
Of the top 100 earners, 10% own a yacht If it's part of a whole, use singular I made the pie, so 10% is mine In the case of a percentage of units, of them is being erased In the case of a whole of it is being erased
- Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat.
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- a 100 vs 100 - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The flow rate increases 100-fold (one hundred-fold) Would be a more idiomatic way of saying this, however, the questioner asks specifically about the original phrasing The above Ngram search would suggest that a one hundred has always been less frequently used in written language and as such should probably be avoided
- Correct usage of lbs. as in pounds of weight
I suggest writing 2 3 kg instead of any of 5 lbs , 5lbs , 5 lb or 5lb Historically, however, the forms “5 lb” and “5 lbs” appear to have been used more than either of the others (according to ngrams for 5 lbs,5lbs,5lb,5 lb,5 lb
- Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- 6-foot tall or 6-feet tall? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
@stangdon It's not a typo, it's just wrong Native speakers just are terrible at hyphens The first two pages of Google results for "40 story high" -"high-rise" -"high-rises" quickly provides all of 40-story-high (Chicago Tribune article), 40-story high, 40 story-high, and 40 story high (various engineers and real estate agents)
- 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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