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- meaning - How to use tens of and hundreds of? - English Language . . .
In English, one would normally say "dozens of" rather than "tens of", so there is some overlap I might use "dozens of" for an amount between 36 (a dozen, two dozen, dozens ) and 132 (a dozen less than a gross), "scores of" for a number between 40 and 199, and "hundreds of" for values greater than that
- 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
- 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 '"
- 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)
- 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
- reading aloud - How should numbers be spelled on a receipt? - English . . .
$100 — one hundred dollars $201 — two hundred one dollars $201 37 — two hundred one dollars and 37 cents or (for checks) two hundred one and 37 100 dollars $1525 — one thousand five hundred twenty-five dollars $723,493 — seven hundred twenty-three thousand, four hundred ninety-three dollars Conversationally, however, the usage
- 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
- Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat.
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