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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

80 percent

0Female teachers 01u00represent 80 percent of02u00 the school staff.02br
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00Why not 80 01b01u00percents02u02b00 since it's plural? Thanks.0-
  

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0 "80 percent" means "80 in every 01b 00one02b 00 hundred". 0-

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  • 0 "80 percent" means "80 in every 01b 00one02b 00 hundred".
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0 "80 percent" means "80 in every 01b00one02b00 hundred". 0-
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01cite10Angliholic12cite10Female teachers 11u10represent 80 percent of12u10 the school staff.12br
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10Why not 80 11b11u10percents12u12b10 since it's plural? Thanks.12br
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10There is no such word as 'perc
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01cite10Yankee12cite10"80 percent" means "80 in every 11b10one12b10 hundred". 12br
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10Thanks, Yankee.02br
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00But when something is over two, it's plural, not to mention 80. I still don't get it.0-
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01cite10Angliholic12cite11blockquote
11cite20Yankee22cite20"80 percent" means "80 in every 21b20one22b20 hundred". 22br
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20Thanks, Yankee.12br
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10But when something is over two, it's plural, not to mention 80. I
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01cite10Yankee12cite11blockquote
11cite20Angliholic22cite21blockquote
21cite30Yankee32cite30"80 percent" means "80 in every 31b30one32b30 hundred". 32br
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30Thanks, Yankee.22br
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0 Hi Amy01i02br
00The students learned how to calculate and use 01b00percents02b00 in math class.02br
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02i00According to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary and the Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, 'percent' is both the singular and plural form. Is 'percents' used in your sentence AmE? 0-
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0 Hi Yoong Liat02br
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00The word 'percents' is not used in reference to 01b00a02b00 quantity per hundred. I attempted to give you a possible usage in which the meaning basically is "various or all sorts of different 01b00quantities02b00 per hundred".02br
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00Oddly enough, the M-W Dictionary has an entry
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01cite10Amy12cite11i12br
10The students learned how to calculate and use 11b10percents12b10 in math class.12i12br
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10Hi, I don't like that plural too, but I think it might be used sometimes... I think I would say "...calculate and use 01i01b
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0 Hi Kooyeen02br
00Yes, percentages is probably better, but I can't rule out the possibility that 'percents' might be used in such a sentence instead.0-
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0 Hi Kooyeen02br
00 I don't like that plural too, but I think it might be used sometimes... I think I would say "...calculate and use 01i01b00percentages02b02i00 in 01i01b00math02b02i00 class."02br
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00"Math' is AmE while 'maths' is BrE.0-
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