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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

difference between

Is the first sentence correctly constructed?

This shot is the difference between 70% and 80%. If he makes it, he's at 80 percent, if he misses he's at 70%.

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I think the first sentence is OK (in a suitable context where it is clear what the percentages refer to). A couple of small comments about the second sentence: You should be consistent about using "%" or "percent", not mix them up in the same sentence. In this case I think it would be a bit laborious to repeat "percent" four times, so I would go with "%" throughout.

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  • I think the first sentence is OK (in a suitable context where it is clear what the percentages refer to).
  • A couple of small comments about the second sentence: You should be consistent about using "%" or "percent", not mix them up in the same sentence.
  • In this case I think it would be a bit laborious to repeat "percent" four times, so I would go with "%" throughout.
  • The punctuation may not stand up to very close scrutiny.
  • " would be my suggestion.
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I think the first sentence is OK (in a suitable context where it is clear what the percentages refer to).

A couple of small comments about the second sentence:

You should be consistent about using "%" or "percent", not mix them up in the same sentence. In this case I think it would be a bit laborious to repeat "percent" four times, so I would go with "%" throughout.

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