That's true. But weren't we talking percentage points? Paul via phone
> On Jan 4, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage_point > >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> But of you have ten buns and one guest takes two and the other takes three, >>> one has ten percent more than the other. >> >> Nope. One has 50% more than the other. >> >> I don't have the NYT Manual of Style and Usage, but the Google Books >> search reveals enough to be clear: >> >> "Do not confuse percent and percentage point: If an interest rate >> rises to 11 percent from 10 percent, the increase is one percentage >> point, but 10 percent." >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
