The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50107   Message #759986
Posted By: Ringer
05-Aug-02 - 09:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Meaningless phrases
Subject: RE: BS: Meaningless phrases
"Half of one percent". We don't say half of one hour or of one mile -- what's so different about percentages? I think I could work out what "half a percent" meant.

Oh, and while we're (or I am, at least) on the subject, if the headline says "Inflation drops by 1%" has it dropped from 5% to 4% or from 5% to 4.95%?