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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Percent

My boss wants me to spell out the following percentage. Is it correct with two hyphens?

The project was completed with ninety-nine-percent accuracy.

or should it be "ninety-nine percent accuracy"? (One hyphen?)

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Hi The hyphen is used to join two parts of a number but it's not used to join a number to the word 'percent' Your second one is correct Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi The hyphen is used to join two parts of a number but it's not used to join a number to the word 'percent' Your second one is correct Dave
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Hi

The hyphen is used to join two parts of a number but it's not used to join a number to the word 'percent'

Your second one is correct

Dave
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The Chicago Manual of Style recommends no hyphen with number + percent. Use either "ninety-nine percent accuracy" or "99 percent accuracy".
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