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Goronsky Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

% vs percent

Is it frowned upon to use '35%' (for concision) vs '35 percent' in running text? Many say that the percent sign should be reserved for numbers used in statistical data within tables.
  

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I would think I always use % unless I am talking about percent as a concept ("to calculate the percent, divide by 100"). d

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I would think I always use % unless I am talking about percent as a concept ("to calculate the percent, divide by 100").

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I think it is basically a style choice. I seem to recall that Scientific American, for example, insists on "percent" in running text. By the way, in the UK, it is traditionally written as two words: per cent.
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