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TaraC Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
per cent vs. percentage
Help! What is the difference?
Per cent increase in smog alerts since year 2000: 20
Percentage increase in smog alerts since year 2000: 20
Per cent increase in smog alerts since year 2000: 20
Percentage increase in smog alerts since year 2000: 20
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Here is an extract from the American Heritage Dictionary: Statistically speaking, a quantity can be increased by any percentage but cannot be decreased by more than 100 percent. Obviously, both can mean the same. Personally, I think percentage is more appropriate when you are speaking generally or in the abstract, while percent (or per cent) works better with specific numbers.
- Here is an extract from the American Heritage Dictionary: Statistically speaking, a quantity can be increased by any percentage but cannot be decreased by more than 100 percent.
- Obviously, both can mean the same.
- Personally, I think percentage is more appropriate when you are speaking generally or in the abstract, while percent (or per cent) works better with specific numbers.
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Here is an extract from the American Heritage Dictionary:
Statistically speaking, a quantity can be increased by any percentage but cannot be decreased by more than 100 percent.
Obviously, both can mean the same. Personally, I think percentage is more appropriate when you are speaking generally or in the abstract, while percent (or per cent) works better with speci
Statistically speaking, a quantity can be increased by any percentage but cannot be decreased by more than 100 percent.
Obviously, both can mean the same. Personally, I think percentage is more appropriate when you are speaking generally or in the abstract, while percent (or per cent) works better with speci
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