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MustAsk Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

What percent am I cutting the risk of...

Hi

What is the right way to say the following:

Suppose I eliminate sweets. What percent am I cutting the risk of getting diabetes by?
Suppose I eliminate sweets. What percent am I cutting the risk of getting diabetes ?
Suppose I eliminate sweets. By what percent am I cutting the risk of getting diabetes?
Suppose I eliminate sweets. How much am I cutting the risk of getting diabetes by?
Suppose I eliminate sweets. How much am I cutting the risk of getting diabetes?

Personally, I am not sure about any of these except the last sentence. Do you agree?

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The second one is not right. Some grammarians frown on ending a sentence with a preposition, though. "

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The second one is not right.
Some grammarians frown on ending a sentence with a preposition, though.
And I tend to use "percentage," not "percent."
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MustAskBy what percent am I cutting the risk of getting diabetes?
This would be my choice if I wanted to include the idea of 'percent'. It's not that the first one ends in a preposition; it's that the preposition is too far from the words it goes with.
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