Confusing to use percentages or percent points when comparing two
percent figures.

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> You have a funny way of doing math. 100% is the total.
>
> No, he does math correctly, and knows the difference between
> "percentage points" and "percent."
>
> 22% is 11 percentage points less than 33%. It is not 11% less.
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