The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #138985   Message #3184556
Posted By: gnomad
09-Jul-11 - 05:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Sloppy use of language
Subject: RE: BS: Sloppy use of language
"There's now 300% less of X" Unless you mean that in place of one X, there are now minus two X, this is an incorrect way of viewing the percentage reduction. If I cannot trust your use of a percentage, why should I believe the statistic you are failing to express?

Don't get me going on "fewer/less".

Saulgoldie is quite right, this one could run on until even the MOAB thread is looking to her laurels.