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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. 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.

  4. word choice - Is it less than $100 or under $100? Is it more than $100 ...

    Aug 18, 2011 · Is it less than $100 or under $100? Is it more than $100 or is it over $100? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 3 months ago Modified 14 years, 3 months ago

  5. Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%?

    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 …

  6. Why is "a 100% increase" the same amount as "a two-fold increase"?

    Nov 15, 2012 · 24 Yes, the correct usage is that 100% increase is the same as a two-fold increase. The reason is that when using percentages we are referring to the difference between the final amount …

  7. 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 hundred. There …

  8. What is the term for decade, century, millenium, etc?

    May 20, 2020 · A time span? It will depend on the context: is your 'decade' 10 consecutive years, or is it, say, the noughties? Is the 'century' 100 consecutive years, or, say, the 20th century?

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

    Nov 10, 2020 · In a scientific or mathematical context they might occur, in which case you should use standard index form 1×10¹⁰⁰ for one followed by 100 zeros. There is the joke word "googol" for this.

  10. 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 …