Talk:percent

Translations

French, Italian and Latin are now OK. All other translations need to be checked by native speakers, please. -- Paul G 18:39, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Usex

out of the 100 people invited to the Christmas party, 85 percent (i.e. 85 people) were dancing in their underwear, drunk as can be, when the clock struck midnight. I think this example is a bit too frivolous for this kind of word (which is not frivolous at all) -- Poszwa 19:21, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I tend to agree with you. I also had some doubts when I saw this being put in. Feel free to put in a better example. Polyglot 23:14, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Part of speech

See Wiktionary:Tea room/2018/July#percent,_per_cent. - -sche (discuss) 15:01, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

plural: percent

any example of the invariable plural? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:44, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

The editor probably intended something like "Of the shareholders, 90 percent were present at the meeting." I think this invariant plural is a misinterpretation, though. "90 percent" doesn't mean 90 of the things each called a percent, but is more like other "per" phrases, e.g. two miles per hour. Equinox ◑ 19:02, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

@Equinox: Garner's fourth edition reads: The plural of percent is percent; adding an -s, though not uncommon, is substandard. --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:37, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

I would like to see some examples from Garner. Unclear what sort of sentence they mean. Equinox ◑ 20:38, 5 December 2019 (UTC)