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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
- 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, $3 instead of 3 dollars Note that this doesn't apply when the numbers are large, so it is perfectly fine to write 89 5 percent, as eighty-nine-and-a-half percent is very clunky This source puts it simply: When writing percentages
- Should it be 10 US$ 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?
- 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
- 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
- proverbs - Is there an English equivalent of the Hindi saying “sau . . .
In Hindi language, there is a prevalent saying: sau chuhe maar billi haj ko chali which, if directly translated into English, becomes After killing eating 100 mice, the cat goes on a pilgrimage I
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