On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:34:22 GMT, RafaelBlock <rafaelblock@mail.com>
managed to type:
>John61 wrote:
>> 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 ???"
>
>An increase of three percentage points.
>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
Or: An increase of three percentage points of the original figure -
otherwise it could be read / interpreted as 3% points of 95.
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