Jul 27, 2019 · percent; per-cent; per cent; percent.; per centum. This sequence illustrates in reverse the evolution of this word, originally a phrase. Today it is best spelled as a single word. The plural of percent is percent; adding an -s, though not uncommon, is substandard. In most writing, 75% is easier to read than 75 percent or (worse yet) seventy ...

Apr 8, 2017 · When the symbol % is used, there should be no space. When the "percent" word is used, there should be space. Examples from the Chicago Manual of Style Online: Fewer than 3 percent of the employees used public transportation. With 90–95 percent of the work complete, we can relax. A 75 percent likelihood of winning is worth the effort.

Jun 17, 2014 · The type of writing you are doing also plays into your decision. For example, in legally binding documents, like contracts or exhibits to contracts, the spelled out number is the legally binding number. So if a text said that, "you are 99% (one-hundred percent) responsible", the 100% number would be legally binding, not 99%.

I would use 100% when it was an actual measurement, and one hundred percent when it's an expression. After counting, I saw that 100% of the visitors wore hats. At the time, I was one hundred percent sure of my observation. Later I found …

In short: yes, “half a percent” is accepted usage, even in formal writing. To back it up: the New Oxford American English lists percent as both an adverb (“a 1.8 percent increase”) and a noun (“a reduction of half a percent or so in price”). Note that the …

May 14, 2023 · In modern U.S. publishing, pc is an extremely uncommon way of abbreviating percent—in part, perhaps, because U.S. publishing style almost universally favors spelling percent as a single word rather than as two (per cent). But even in British publishing—where per cent remains the dominant form—support for pc over % is by no means unanimous.

For immediate clarity of meaning, I would replace the en dash with to and the percentage symbol with percent: We've seen a 10- to 20-percent-a-year increase in revenue. The space after "10-" indicates that this term is short for "10-percent-a-year," the hyphens indicate that both the truncated compound and the full compound modify increase ...

Feb 26, 2013 · Both percent and per cent are acceptable. The ODO's AmE entry carries the following note: Origin: mid 16th century: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum. Both spellings, percent and per cent, are acceptable, but consistency should be maintained. Percent is more common in US usage; per cent is more common in ...

Jan 24, 2017 · The Chicago Manual of Style Online (CMOS 17) has a "Hyphenation Table" that says "number + percent" should always be written open (although if the numbers cover a range, an n-dash would be used between them). The examples given are "50 percent", "a 10 percent raise", and "a 30–40 percent increase".

Aug 22, 2014 · “I was among the top ten percent of students.” Regarding your other sentence, I wouldn't bother with the past tense. Also: never, ever for any reason use long sentences. Always chop every sentence, in to two short sentences. So simply write: "I graduated from Oxford University. I was among the top ten percent of students."