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  1. "a 100" vs "100" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 24, 2016 · The flow rate increases 100-fold (one hundred-fold) Would be a more idiomatic way of saying this, however, the questioner asks specifically about the original phrasing. The above Ngram …

  2. "centennial" vs. "centurial" - describing periods of 100 years

    Apr 26, 2023 · relating to 100 years : marking or beginning a century, with the example "the centurial years 1600 and 1700". But there is a word that is widely used to indicate the range of years or …

  3. 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 ratio …

  4. word choice - Choosing between "100%" and "cent percent" - English ...

    2 Use 100% when you are stating mathematical thought like statistics. Use "one hundred percent" when you are stating non-mathematical thought like a story.

  5. 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 this is 100 quintillion …

  6. differences - "X times as many as" or "X times more than" - English ...

    As a quick point, I've seen similar confusion for phrases like "a 300% increase". While people agree a "50% increase" means 1.5x the original, percentages over 100 sometimes vary such that "a 300% …

  7. 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 …

  8. grammatical number - Are percentages singular or plural? - English ...

    Jan 17, 2016 · 20% of the students are/is present. The remaining 20% of the protein form/forms enzymes. Singular verb or plural — which one is correct?

  9. word request - "Once, twice, thrice,...", what comes next? - English ...

    Dec 29, 2016 · How would you complete the following sequence, until point 10? Once Twice Thrice (...) Any help would be appreciated.

  10. Numbers with more than 100 zeros - English Language Learners Stack …

    Nov 10, 2020 · Numbers with more than 100 zeros Ask Question Asked 5 years, 1 month ago Modified 5 years, 1 month ago