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I know it's a nitpick, but it irks me to no end to see things like "about a tenth of one per cent (.125) of subjects". Particularly so when it's in articles sub
by tofof 12y ago
I know it's a nitpick, but it irks me to no end to see things like "about a tenth of one per cent (.125) of subjects". Particularly so when it's in articles submitted to sites, like Hacker News, whose audience presumably instantly recognizes "an eighth of one per cent" when they see it.
- pcrh 12y ago0.125 would be 12.5%...
- bitJericho 12y ago1% / 8 = 0.125%
- albedoa 12y agoYes, but the article didn't carry the unit, which is important here. There are a couple problems with that line.
- bitJericho 12y agoIt didn't need to carry the unit because it specified the unit in the description ("about a tenth of one per cent"). Further, I'm not sure why anybody would confuse 12 percent with about 1/10th of 1 percent. I think we're arguing semantics now!
- albedoa 12y agoI don't know what to tell you! I suppose it's semantics in that it's logically wrong. Here are three correct ways to write what they meant (from most to least preferable): "an eighth of one per cent (.125%)" "an eighth of one per cent (.00125)" "an eighth of one (.125) per cent"