"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 …
"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 …
Numbers with more than 100 zeros - English Language Learners Stack …
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"(a/one) hundred percent" — Is "a/one" always optional here?
May 25, 2025 · To my ear, 'one hundred percent' sounds more emphatic than 'a hundred percent', simply because the former feels more deliberately phrased—conveying precisely 100% as opposed …
100 apples are/is considered as a large number of apples
Oct 26, 2017 · 100 apples are rolling down the hill. Here the 100 apples represents 100 individual units, so I use the plural. The source notes that this is a tricky point, and there is variation among native …
grammaticality - Saying aloud ‘a 100-year-old man’ - English Language ...
Mar 29, 2020 · Saying aloud ‘a 100-year-old man’ Ask Question Asked 5 years, 10 months ago Modified 5 years, 9 months ago
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 …
Is "600% smaller" correct use of percentages?
Aug 31, 2021 · Then, X is: 100% - (1/ 7 × 100%) smaller than GIF, or in simpler terms, about 86% smaller than GIF. "600% smaller when compared to GIF" sounds like the author wanted to sound …
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.
phrase usage - Is "100% correct pronunciation" an understandable ...
Jul 19, 2021 · ‘100% correct’ is grammatically correct in this context, though the organization of the sentence is a bit atypical for many more formal dialects of English and may be difficult for some …