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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Percentage and percent

Do I have to use percentage in the question and percent in the answer?

What percentage of the classes has better than a 3.2 GPA?

Only 26 percent of the class has better than a 3.2 GPA.

Is it correct to ask for a 'percentage figure'?
How much of the class has better than a 3.2 GPA? Could you give me a percentge figure as opposed to the number of students?

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s=t Anonymous Is it correct to ask for a 'percentage figure'? Percentage is enough on its own. It is a mathematical quantity, as is a figure .

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  • s=t Anonymous Is it correct to ask for a 'percentage figure'?
  • Percentage is enough on its own.
  • It is a mathematical quantity, as is a figure .
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See definition #2 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/percent?s=t
AnonymousIs it correct to ask for a 'percentage figure'?
Percentage is enough on its own. It is a mathematical quantity, as is a figure.
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What could be an answer to the question below?

What percentage of women http://dictionary.cambridge.org/search/british/direct/?q=return to http://dictionary.cambridge.org/search/b
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AnonymousWhat percentage of women return to work after having a baby ?
A natural form of the answer would be:
In the mid-twentieth century, less than ten percent returned to work within five years of having their first child. But now, a man's salary is not enough to support a family and daycare centers are abundant, so more than eighty percent of women r
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