| question about expression for percentage |
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| John61 (wanghaodong@yahoo.com) |
2006/01/01 00:59 |
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From: "John61" <wanghaodong@yahoo.com>
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Subject: question about expression for percentage
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 01:59:53 -0600
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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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