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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Steve Shaw	BS: Language Pet Peeves (2488* d)	RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves	07 May 20
Yes but Doug, there is no such thing as "a per cent." "A quarter of a per cent" simply doesn't make grammatical sense. I know it's used, and we're accustomed to it. Saying "a quarter of one per cent" may sound like a lugubrious way of putting it, but at least it's grammatically correct. And I'm certain of that one hundred and ten percent...

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