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HUBLOT Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The number of 11- to 14-year-olds with cell phones is 69 percent

The number of 11- to 14-year-olds with cell phones is 69 percent and the figure rises to 85 percent for 15- to 18-year-olds.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/choosing-cell-phone-child/story?id=11510255


Is 69 percent a number? Isn't it percentage?
  

Top answer

Number is used because 14-year-old s has a plural s . That is the normal collocation with plural nouns: a large/great number of book s. 69 is called a figure in your sentence, not a number.

— Cool Breeze

  • Number is used because 14-year-old s has a plural s .
  • That is the normal collocation with plural nouns: a large/great number of book s.
  • 69 is called a figure in your sentence, not a number.
  • CB
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Number is used because 14-year-olds has a plural s. That is the normal collocation with plural nouns: a large/great number of books. 69 is called a figure in your sentenc
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Thank you, Cool Breeze. Emotion: big smile

I thought that "The number" was wrong, and that "The rate" is correct.
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Wouldn't "The rate" be correct?
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