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Mr. Tom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Percent vs Percentage

Hi

Would you say that percent and percentage are synonymous here?
What is your percent in the English test?

What is your percentage in the English test?

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Hi Tom There are already quite a few threads about percent and percentage (including a very "friendly" one that I'd rather forget). Try using the search function. To be honest, I doubt I would use either one of your sentences.

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  • Hi Tom There are already quite a few threads about percent and percentage (including a very "friendly" one that I'd rather forget).
  • Try using the search function.
  • To be honest, I doubt I would use either one of your sentences.
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  • "What grade did you get") would be understood from the broader context.
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Hi Tom

There are already quite a few threads about percent and percentage (including a very "friendly" one that I'd rather forget). Try using the search function.

To be honest, I doubt I would use either one of your sentences. I'd expect something along the lines of one of these, for example:

"What was your grade on the English test?"
"What did you ge
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I agree. I don't think either question is idiomatic. "Grade" and "score" are idiomatic, as well as "What did you get?"

Many tests are not scored/graded on a percentage basis. If you're familiar enough with the test to ask the question, you probably know how it's graded.

The replies would be more specific. "I got an F." "85." "85%." "I scored eighteen out of a po
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