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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 Your other suggestion of by one hundred times is definitely better than a
- centennial vs. centurial - describing periods of 100 years
relating to 100 years : marking or beginning a century, with the example "the centurial years 1600 and 1700" But there is a word that is widely used to indicate the range of years or centuries covered by an article or book: history
- word choice - Choosing between 100% and cent percent - English . . .
2 Use 100% when you are stating mathematical thought like statistics Use "one hundred percent" when you are stating non-mathematical thought like a story
- Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%?
People often say that percentages greater than 100 make no sense because you can't have more than all of something This is simply silly and mathematically ignorant A percentage is just a ratio between two numbers There are many situations where it is perfectly reasonable for the numerator of a fraction to be greater than the denominator
- word choice - Is it less than $100 or under $100? Is it more than $100 . . .
Is it less than $100 or under $100? Is it more than $100 or is it over $100? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 3 months ago Modified 14 years, 3 months ago
- What is the term for decade, century, millenium, etc?
A time span? It will depend on the context: is your 'decade' 10 consecutive years, or is it, say, the noughties? Is the 'century' 100 consecutive years, or, say, the 20th century?
- reading aloud - How should numbers be spelled on a receipt? - English . . .
One of the most confusing things for me is spelling English numerals What is grammatical way to spell the following numbers in the context of writing the numeral in a receipt? $100 mdash; a hu
- Numbers with more than 100 zeros - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
In a scientific or mathematical context they might occur, in which case you should use standard index form 1×10¹⁰⁰ for one followed by 100 zeros There is the joke word "googol" for this
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