HOW DID A "TON" COME TO MEAN "ONE HUNDRED" OF SOMETHING?
Nov 6, 2017 A ton is £100 (half a ton being therefore £50). This relates to a common usage in a number of contexts, for example, to do a ton is to achieve a speed of 100 miles per hour and in … From english.stackexchange.com
HOW DO I SAY "1/1000"? - ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS STACK …
May 22, 2020 In everyday language, people call "1/100" 1 percent. How do I say "1⁄1000"? O point one percent 1 thousandth or something else? From ell.stackexchange.com
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "HUNDRED", "A HUNDRED", AND "ONE HUNDRED"?
The first example is incorrect. The second and third examples are both correct. Which one you use is mostly a matter of preference, although a hundred appears more frequently than one … From ell.stackexchange.com
ORIGIN OF THE PHRASE, "THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT."
Jun 30, 2011 I couldn't find any use of the phrase earlier than the 1840 Money Diggers reference, but I did find some background to which the saying might refer. Apparently the debate on cat … From english.stackexchange.com
Mar 15, 2011 I'm writing about a concept that I would like to explain at three levels: high-level, medium, and very granular. "Fifty-thousand foot view" is a common business idiom to describe … From english.stackexchange.com
CORRECT USAGE OF USD - ENGLISH LANGUAGE & USAGE STACK EXCHANGE
Nov 30, 2012 Computers do the work pre-publishing instead of readers doing the work post-publishing. So we are free to just write for the reader’s understanding alone: one billion dollars … From english.stackexchange.com
HOW TO WRITE NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGE? - ENGLISH LANGUAGE
May 20, 2019 In general, it is good practice that the symbol that a number is associated with agrees with the way the number is written (in numeric or text form). For example, $3 instead of … From english.stackexchange.com
WHAT WAS THE FIRST USE OF THE SAYING, "YOU MISS 100% OF THE SHOTS …
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. 1991 Burton W. Kanter, "AARP—Asset Accumulation, Retention and Protection," Taxes 69: 717: "Wayne Gretzky, relating the … From english.stackexchange.com
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 … From english.stackexchange.com
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