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question about expression for percentage Posted via Supernews, ht ..
John61 (wanghaodong@yahoo.com) 2006/01/01 00:59

For an alternative to "increased from 95% to 98%",

we sure cannot say "increased by 3% (percent)" as this expression is
relative.

but what word can we use for the absolute increase? "increase by 3 ???"

Thanks!



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