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Desafinado Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Which is correct
I would like to know which one is correct or neither is correct. I would appreciate if you could tell me better expression for this.
The ratio of native English speakers in Japan to Japanese people in Japan is 0.073%.
The percentage of native English speakers in Japan to Japanese people in Japan is 0.073%.
The ratio of native English speakers in Japan to Japanese people in Japan is 0.073%.
The percentage of native English speakers in Japan to Japanese people in Japan is 0.073%.
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Neither of those seems right. A ratio is usually expressed in the form " x to y " or " x : y " (where x and y are numbers), or sometimes as a decimal fraction, but not normally as a percentage. In the second case, you cannot have a percentage of one thing "to" another.
- Neither of those seems right.
- A ratio is usually expressed in the form " x to y " or " x : y " (where x and y are numbers), or sometimes as a decimal fraction, but not normally as a percentage.
- In the second case, you cannot have a percentage of one thing "to" another.
- A percentage would usually measure the number of people within a group that have a certain property; for example, the percentage of people living in Japan who are native English speakers.
- The definition of native English speakers "in Japan" seems a bit vague to me.
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Neither of those seems right. A ratio is usually expressed in the form "x to y" or "x:y" (where x and y are numbers), or sometimes as a decimal fraction, but not normally as a percentage.
In the second case, you cannot have a percentage of one thing "to" another. A percentage would usually measure the number of people within a group that have a ce
In the second case, you cannot have a percentage of one thing "to" another. A percentage would usually measure the number of people within a group that have a ce
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Hi GPY,
Thank you for your thorough explanation.
Let me explain about your inquiries.
I wanted to describe that Japanese people are ones that born and live in Japan and native English speakers are ones that stay in Japan for a while.
I will attach the list of how I calculated.
Although I wrote this sentence on the following website, no native English speakers correct
Thank you for your thorough explanation.
Let me explain about your inquiries.
I wanted to describe that Japanese people are ones that born and live in Japan and native English speakers are ones that stay in Japan for a while.
I will attach the list of how I calculated.
Although I wrote this sentence on the following website, no native English speakers correct
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You still haven't told us how the figure was calculated. I could see no sign on the page you linked us to, or on the Wikipedia page. Until we know how you arrived at the figure, it's difficult to correct the English.
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Hi,
Here are the figures. I tried to add the screenshot, however, it was not shown.
Here are the figures. I tried to add the screenshot, however, it was not shown.
| Native Speaker living in Japan | 93,500 |
| The Japanese population | 127,600,000 |
| percentage | 0.073% |
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One way you could rewrite the sentence is:
"The percentage of native English speakers living in Japan, out of the total Japanese population, is 0.073%."
"The percentage of native English speakers living in Japan, out of the total Japanese population, is 0.073%."
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AnonymousOne way you could rewrite the sentence is:"The percentage of native English speakers living in Japan, out of the total Japanese population, is 0.073%.""The percentage of native English speakers living in Japan" seems to me to be referring to the proportion of native English speakers who live in Japan relative to total number of native English speaker
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Thank you, GPY!
Yes, that sentence exactly describes what I want to say. Thanks!
Yes, that sentence exactly describes what I want to say. Thanks!
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