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Which is also wrong. "Improving speed by 100%" means being twice as fast. 100% + 500% = 600%. Better avoid it even if it sounds sooo much more than "double" or
by mkesper 10y ago
Which is also wrong. "Improving speed by 100%" means being twice as fast. 100% + 500% = 600%.
Better avoid it even if it sounds sooo much more than "double" or "five times".
- rco8786 10y agoImprove by itself doesn't imply a direction. It has to be inferred via context. Improving page load time by 500% is perfectly reasonable to say, the reader infers that improve means decrease in this case. Just as you can improve a golf score, or a marathon pace, or your BMI.