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Lucas21c Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

Could you tell me what are differences between the following A and B?

A. Approximately one in every nine to 10 deaths is a civilian.
B. Approximately one to 10 deaths is a civilian.
  

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11% of deaths are civilian deaths. I understand (B) to be saying that the number of civilian deaths is between one and ten, but the wording seems a bit strange.

— GPY

  • 11% of deaths are civilian deaths.
  • I understand (B) to be saying that the number of civilian deaths is between one and ten, but the wording seems a bit strange.
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(A) means that roughly between 10% and 11.11% of deaths are civilian deaths.

I understand (B) to be saying that the number of civilian deaths is between one and ten, but the wording seems a bit strange.
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I thought 'one in every nine' means exactly 10%. In other words, among the whole 10 deaths, one death is a civilian death and nine deaths is non-civilian deaths.
If I like to say 10% of 10 deaths are civilian deaths (as I said the above sentence), how can I change (A)?
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No, "one in (every) nine" means 1/9, or about 11.11%.

"one in (every) ten" means 1/10, or about 10%.

"10% of 10 deaths" is one death. If I understand you rightly, you can say "One of the ten deaths was a civilian", or perhaps more correctly, "One of the ten dead people was a civilian".
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GPY"one in (every) ten" means 1/10, or about 10%.
Um, I mean exactly 10%, of course.
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