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Why write "pc" and not "%"? Is this a common style?
by unwind 2y ago
Why write "pc" and not "%"? Is this a common style?
- londons_explore 2y agonever studied mathematics to know the meanings of the symbols? (not necessarily the author, but the readers - you attract a wider potential audience)
- Y_Y 2y agoParadox of choice, there are too many good percent symbols: U+0025 % PERCENT SIGN U+FF05 ％ FULLWIDTH PERCENT SIGN U+FE6A ﹪ SMALL PERCENT SIGN U+066A ٪ ARABIC PERCENT SIGN
- tsukikage 2y ago...only one of those is on the keyboard though.
- reaperducer 2y ago...only one of those is on the keyboard though. Speak for yourself. I have ﹪ bound to ⌘⌥⇧5!
- ZiiS 2y agoThe fact you could type that sentence doesn't mean the whole sentence "is on your keyboard"
- eqvinox 2y agoNo there aren't. Each of these has usage context that is not appropriate here. This text is neither in full-width kana, subscripts, nor arabic.
- Y_Y 2y agoSorry, I only use 10pc of my brain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- Citizen_Lame 2y agoDoubt it.
- skissane 2y agoIt seems to be a bit old-fashioned and predominantly (but not exclusively) British: https://english.stackexchange.com/a/607950 https://english.stackexchange.com/a/607950 Obviously Australians are somewhat more influenced by British usage than say Americans are, although not always (e.g. we say “truck” not “lorry”-although we define the word “truck” more narrowly than Americans do)
- zipy124 2y agoIts common to dis-stinguish between different types of percentage metrics like percent, percetage point and basis point as symbols for them are not commonly used. Specifically that its easier to say, a decrease from 50% to 40% would be a decrease of 10 pp, but a decrease of 20pc (%) for example.