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Subject: Re: question about expression for percentage
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John61 wrote:
> For an alternative to "increased from 95% to 98%",
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> we sure cannot say "increased by 3% (percent)" as this expression is
> relative.
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> but what word can we use for the absolute increase? "increase by 3 ???"
An increase of three percentage points.
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> Thanks!
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