Percentage Point or Percentage Points?

0.1 percentage point
0.7 percentage point
1.1 percentage points

Even Bloomberg and Reuters confuse this stuff, and I can't find the right answer nowhere.-- Which should tell you that it is not really important and that opinions vary.

Thank you for the answer.

How about "0.2 centimeter" or "0.2 centimeters"?

How about "0.7 liter" or "0.7 liters"?

How about "1.1 liter" or "1.1 liters"?

Which is correct? I think the same login should apply to "percentage points".

Yes, the same logic applies, of course, as it does to barrels, acres, and dithyrambs. Units are units.

There is a group of people in my office who say that also above 1 and below 2 is singular: e.g. 1.3 liter or 1.5 centimeter or 1.7 percentage point.



The logic the say is that you have "one liter and a third (of a liter)" therefore it shall still be 1.3 liter. Only above 2 is "2 liters and a third (of a liter)" which is 2.3 liter (not literes).



How would you

I have been teaching English professionally since 1967, and I am not at all interested in defending my position against the people in your office or the girls in the coffee shop or the guys in the gym.
Go to as basic a book as Swan's Practical English Usage.

I appreciate your help on this a lot. I am just trying to figure out the logic behind the grammar and certainly it helps to discuss this topic with someone with your experience.



I believe the main reason why we write “0.5 centimeter” (instead of centimeters) is that it is an abbreviated from of “0.5 of a centimeter”.



If the number is above 2, the same logic ap

In addition to the above, could you advise me what is more correct?



(i) “one and a half person”; (also “one and a half mouse”; “one and a half woman”)



or



(ii) “one and a half people”; (also “one and a half mice”; “one and a half women”)



Thank you.

Mr. M is right, but it depends on the context.

Here are some guides:
Use plural when it is a rate:

The North American plate is still drifting eastwards at 0.5 centimeters per half century.

The tanks crept along at .9 miles per hour.

It is always singular when used as a modifier.
Mile is sold in 1.5 liter containers.
Please buy a 6 foot five inch l

AnonymousIn addition to the above, could you advise me what is more correct?

(i) “one and a half person”; (also “one and a half mouse”; “one and a half woman”)

or

(ii) “one and a half people”; (also “one and a half mice”; “one and a half women”)

Thank you.

Well, putting the story of Solomon aside, I've never heard of cu

Thank you, so the question that I am asking is what happens if the cat caught an overage of 1.5 mouse/mice per day.

Which one is correct:

(a) That cat was a great mouser - he caught an average of one and a half mouse per day.

(b) That cat was a great mouser - he caught an average of one and a half mice per day.

Note: On another topic, I was told i