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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)
Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat. Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
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
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)
How did a ton come to mean one hundred of something? My question is essentially how a word with this origin came to have a colloquial meaning referring to one hundred of something, such as in OED definitions referring to 100 points in cricket or darts, or 100 pounds in money The variants of this meaning are first attested from 1936 - 1962, where the 1962 attestation is the first under the
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
etymology - What was the first use of the saying, You miss 100% of the . . . 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 '"