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Gillyflower Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Hi,
is "percentage" used correctly in this context or should I use rate ?
"the percentage of traffic accidents reported by night-shift nurses is more than day-shift nurses."

Thanks!
  

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Percentage is fine but the sentence is constructed badly. It sounds like you are comparing traffic accidents to day-shift nurses. You want to clearly compare reports by night-shift and by day-shift nurses.

— Doctor D

  • Percentage is fine but the sentence is constructed badly.
  • It sounds like you are comparing traffic accidents to day-shift nurses.
  • You want to clearly compare reports by night-shift and by day-shift nurses.
  • There are several ways to do this.
  • For example: Night-shift nurses report a greater percentage of traffic accidents than day-shift nurses do.
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Percentage is fine but the sentence is constructed badly. It sounds like you are comparing traffic accidents to day-shift nurses. You want to clearly compare reports by night-shift and by day-shift nurses. There are several ways to do this. For example:

Night-shift nurses report a greater percentage of traffic accidents than day-shift nurses do.

Or you can skip "percentages"
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