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- Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%? [closed]
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
- Does a percentage quantity take singular or plural verb agreement . . .
Does a percentage require a singular or plural verb, for example, do we say ten percent "go" or "goes"?
- Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat.
I couldn't find any use of the phrase earlier than the 1840 Money Diggers reference, but I did find some background to which the saying might refer Apparently the debate on cat-skinning boiled down to whether or not it was done while the cat was still alive Here's a clip from the disturbing House of Commons' Minutes of Evidence Taken Before Committee on Bill for Prevention of Cruelty to
- Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which is correct to use in a sentence, 10 US$ or US$ 10 Perhaps USD should be used instead or even something else?
- How to write numbers and percentage? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
In general, it is good practice that the symbol that a number is associated with agrees with the way the number is written (in numeric or text form) For example, $3 instead of 3 dollars Note that this doesn't apply when the numbers are large, so it is perfectly fine to write 89 5 percent, as eighty-nine-and-a-half percent is very clunky This source puts it simply: When writing percentages
- 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 '"
- Correct usage of lbs. as in pounds of weight
Assuming it's not casual usage, I'd recommend "All items over five pounds are excluded," instead Most style guided recommend spelling out numbers of ten or less, and in such a case I'd spell out the unit, too
- 6-foot tall or 6-feet tall? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I have heard seen people say write "She is 5 feet 10 inches tall" and "She is 5-foot-10 " But in formal writing, is there a convention? I found both "8-foot-tall" and "nine-feet tall" in online sou
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