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I'm confused by the grammar - is "100%" being used as a verb? Is that correct in English?

• Agentlien 9y ago
  Yes it is being used as a verb. It's at least common terminology among speedrunners. Many games, including the one in question, have an in-game progress tracker. To "100%" the game is to complete everything necessary to make it reach 100%. For games without such a tracker, the community usually reaches a consensus on what is considered to be 100%.
• wodenokoto 9y ago
  Strictly speaking you can use any noun as a verb in English. The grammar allows for it, though most nouns will not have a meaningful verb counterpart, semantically, or it will not have a usage that most people will understand (i.e. it won't be colloquial) So in a speed running context, I would definitely say it is acceptable, but it might not be in the greater population. But the grammar nazi have nothing on this one.
• Merovius 9y ago
  If it isn't, I'm invoking my right to English incorrectly, given that it's not my native language ;) (yes, I'm being toung-in-cheek by using "English" as a verb here :) )
• thenewwazoo 9y ago
  There's even a relevant Calvin and Hobbes comic: http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25 http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25