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  1. Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%? [closed]

    People often say that percentages greater than 100 make no sense because you can't have more than all of something. This is simply silly and mathematically ignorant. A percentage is just a …

  2. What was the first use of the saying, "You miss 100% of the shots …

    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 …

  3. Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    May 21, 2011 · Which is correct to use in a sentence, 10 US$ or US$ 10. Perhaps USD should be used instead or even something else?

  4. Is there a word for "25 years" like "bicentennial" for 200 years? Is it ...

    Feb 29, 2012 · 1 If semicentennial (semi-, precisely half, + centennial, a period of 100 years) is 50 years, then quarticentennial (quart-, a combining form meaning "a fourth," + centennial) is …

  5. How do I say "1/1000"? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    May 22, 2020 · In everyday language, people call "1/100" 1 percent. How do I say "1⁄1000"? O point one percent 1 thousandth or something else?

  6. How to write numbers and percentage? - English Language

    May 20, 2019 · In general, it is good practice that the symbol that a number is associated with agrees with the way the number is written (in numeric or text form). For example, $3 instead of …

  7. Correct usage of USD - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 30, 2012 · Computers do the work pre-publishing instead of readers doing the work post-publishing. So we are free to just write for the reader’s understanding alone: one billion dollars …

  8. How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?

    Jun 23, 2015 · 37 Wikipedia lists large scale numbers here. As only the 10 x with x being a multiple of 3 get their own names, you read 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 as 100 * 10 18, so …

  9. Mixing use of K for thousands and MM for millions

    Jul 3, 2014 · In the general environment of municipal government, for dollars we use K for thousands, M for millions and B for billions. However, I often see where those who are dealing …

  10. The meaning of 0% and 100% as opposed to other percentages?

    Aug 29, 2015 · If soap A kills 100% and soap B kills 99.99% of bacteria, the remaining amount of bacteria after applying A (0%) is infinitely smaller than the remaining amount of bacteria after …