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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Percent

You got 20 percent of the answers right—that means one in every five.


What part of speech is "percent"? an adverb or a noun?

  

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anonymous What part of speech is "percent"? an adverb or a noun? q=percent noun One part in a hundred: The report states that 42 percent of the alumni contributed to the endowment.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous What part of speech is "percent"?
  • an adverb or a noun?
  • q=percent noun One part in a hundred: The report states that 42 percent of the alumni contributed to the endowment.
  • CJ
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anonymousWhat part of speech is "percent"? an adverb or a noun?
https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=percent

noun
One part in a hundred: The report states that 42 percent of the alumni contributed to the endowment.
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Because I have doubt. In that sentence, 'percent' is the direct object of the verb 'got', so that makes 'percent' a noun. It's modified by the adjective '20' and by the prep phrase 'of the answers'. 'right' is an adjective being used as the objective complement after the direct object. "You got percent right."


I want you to correct me.

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So, Cambridge is wrong.

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You got 20 percent of the answers right

In proportional constructions, percent is best analysed as a number-transparent noun taking an of phrase complement.

Ten percent of the cars were damaged.

Ten percent of the meat was contaminated.

In these examples the verb is

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