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Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%? [closed] This looks like a real question to me Unfortunately, because a moderator has closed it, I can't cite style guide discussions that distinguish between asserting that something has increased by more than 100% (valid) and asserting that something has decreased by more than 100% (invalid, unless negative numbers make sense in the context of the topic under discussion)
What was the first use of the saying, You miss 100% of the shots you . . . You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take 1991 Burton W Kanter, "AARP—Asset Accumulation, Retention and Protection," Taxes 69: 717: "Wayne Gretzky, relating the comment of one of his early coaches who, frustrated by his lack of scoring in an important game told him, 'You miss 100% of the shots you never take '"
a 100 vs 100 - English Language Usage Stack Exchange She walked past the farm 100 times or She walked past the farm a 100 times The second seems wrong to me since separately "100" is pronounced "one hundred" but I have frequently seen this usage Edit I changed the example to avoid some confusion surrounding my question
Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words? 100 trillion in most (non-English speaking) other places (Practical approach: The different naming patterns for large numbers obviously can lead to misunderstandings internationally, expressing large numbers in the unambiguous format of X ×10 y may be preferrable in these cases
The meaning of 0% and 100% as opposed to other percentages? So you may refund all of a loan (with interests) without paying 100% of it: the rounding rule sometimes apply also with 100% (or 0%) When rounding the amount of killed bacteria you have to remember that you are talking about numbers that exceed hundreds of billions so 1% is still a large number of bacteria that will survive and multiply
Using hundreds to express thousands: why, where, when? Thus, in contrast to the SI system used by scientists internationally in which only base units separated by three powers of ten are employed (microlitre — millilitre — litre), one finds cl used for volume (75 cl on bottles of wine, rather than 750 ml), hectares (100 ares — 10,000 square metres) for large areas, and hectograms (etti in
Is there a word for 25 years like bicentennial for 200 years? Is it . . . However, a centennial is an event, celebrated at 100 years Words with the “-cennial” root, like decennial, refer to a repeating cycle, e g every 10 years However, in the spirit of brevity, for a word describing the cycle of every 25 years, what about “quarcennial”? “Quarti-“ just stumbles when spoken
writing style - How to write numbers and percentage? - English Language . . . [Relevant examples;] 1%[;] 45%[;] 100% In discussions involving infrequent use of numbers you may spell out a percentage or an amount of money if you can do so in three words or fewer (five dollars, forty-five percent, two thousand dollars, sixty-eight cents) Do no combine spelled forms of numbers with symbols
Correct usage of lbs. as in pounds of weight I suggest writing 2 3 kg instead of any of 5 lbs , 5lbs , 5 lb or 5lb Historically, however, the forms “5 lb” and “5 lbs” appear to have been used more than either of the others (according to ngrams for 5 lbs,5lbs,5lb,5 lb,5 lb