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The pie graph shows how the price of every course should be shared, measured in percentages. Overall the numbers are not that different for each part. Individual has the most percentage at 40%, followed by employer at 35%, and taxpayer has the least percentage at 25%.
Although I know we usually use high/low with percentages, I'm still curious whether more/less with percentages are also acceptable?
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The pie graph shows how the price of every course should be shared, measured in percentages. Overall the numbers are not that different for each part. Individual has the most percentage at 40%, followed by employer at 35%, and taxpayer has the least percentage at 25%.
Although I know we usually use high/low with percentages, I'm still curious whether more/less with percentages are also acceptable?
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No, "most percentage" is not commonly used books.google.com/ngrams/…
– user240918
2 days ago
In the given context, most-least seems more appropriate, though.
– Kris
2 days ago
You mean we do say, a has more percentage than b, but don't say, a has the most percentage, right? @Kris
– gunnuu1993
yesterday
@Kris Are you there?
– gunnuu1993
23 hours ago
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As a native BrE speaker, I'd use "biggest percentage" and "smallest percentage".
– AndyT
22 hours ago
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The pie graph shows how the price of every course should be shared, measured in percentages. Overall the numbers are not that different for each part. Individual has the most percentage at 40%, followed by employer at 35%, and taxpayer has the least percentage at 25%.
Although I know we usually use high/low with percentages, I'm still curious whether more/less with percentages are also acceptable?
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The pie graph shows how the price of every course should be shared, measured in percentages. Overall the numbers are not that different for each part. Individual has the most percentage at 40%, followed by employer at 35%, and taxpayer has the least percentage at 25%.
Although I know we usually use high/low with percentages, I'm still curious whether more/less with percentages are also acceptable?
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No, "most percentage" is not commonly used books.google.com/ngrams/…
– user240918
2 days ago
In the given context, most-least seems more appropriate, though.
– Kris
2 days ago
You mean we do say, a has more percentage than b, but don't say, a has the most percentage, right? @Kris
– gunnuu1993
yesterday
@Kris Are you there?
– gunnuu1993
23 hours ago
1
As a native BrE speaker, I'd use "biggest percentage" and "smallest percentage".
– AndyT
22 hours ago
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No, "most percentage" is not commonly used books.google.com/ngrams/…
– user240918
2 days ago
In the given context, most-least seems more appropriate, though.
– Kris
2 days ago
You mean we do say, a has more percentage than b, but don't say, a has the most percentage, right? @Kris
– gunnuu1993
yesterday
@Kris Are you there?
– gunnuu1993
23 hours ago
1
As a native BrE speaker, I'd use "biggest percentage" and "smallest percentage".
– AndyT
22 hours ago
3
3
No, "most percentage" is not commonly used books.google.com/ngrams/…
– user240918
2 days ago
No, "most percentage" is not commonly used books.google.com/ngrams/…
– user240918
2 days ago
In the given context, most-least seems more appropriate, though.
– Kris
2 days ago
In the given context, most-least seems more appropriate, though.
– Kris
2 days ago
You mean we do say, a has more percentage than b, but don't say, a has the most percentage, right? @Kris
– gunnuu1993
yesterday
You mean we do say, a has more percentage than b, but don't say, a has the most percentage, right? @Kris
– gunnuu1993
yesterday
@Kris Are you there?
– gunnuu1993
23 hours ago
@Kris Are you there?
– gunnuu1993
23 hours ago
1
1
As a native BrE speaker, I'd use "biggest percentage" and "smallest percentage".
– AndyT
22 hours ago
As a native BrE speaker, I'd use "biggest percentage" and "smallest percentage".
– AndyT
22 hours ago
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As pointed out by user240918, "most percentage" is not common, but I was surprised to see that there were any hits at all for "most percentage" or "least percentage" on an ngram. There are a few legitimate examples, where the author wrote a sentence including "most percentage" like in this book, but from what I can tell, the majority of that minuscule number of hits comes from books like this, where the words appear together my a matter of coincidence. While there are still very few instances of "least percentage," there are many more, like here, here, and here. I hesitate to say most and least percentage are 100% wrong since they are attested and they may be acceptable among some groups, but they certainly sound wrong to my ear.
answered 5 hours ago
eenbeetje
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Does it really sound wrong to your ears in any circumstances? Just wanna make sure to never use it again.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
I can't think of any instances were I would ever use either, and I would not recommend using it. I really don't know what to think about it though, because those uses of "least percentage" were in books that I would assume were edited before publishing for grammar/style/etc. I don't know if it's a dialectical usage that I haven't heard before or a mistake.
– eenbeetje
4 hours ago
The reason should be it was written by non-native speaker for educational purposes in universities I guess.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
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As pointed out by user240918, "most percentage" is not common, but I was surprised to see that there were any hits at all for "most percentage" or "least percentage" on an ngram. There are a few legitimate examples, where the author wrote a sentence including "most percentage" like in this book, but from what I can tell, the majority of that minuscule number of hits comes from books like this, where the words appear together my a matter of coincidence. While there are still very few instances of "least percentage," there are many more, like here, here, and here. I hesitate to say most and least percentage are 100% wrong since they are attested and they may be acceptable among some groups, but they certainly sound wrong to my ear.
answered 5 hours ago
eenbeetje
794
Does it really sound wrong to your ears in any circumstances? Just wanna make sure to never use it again.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
I can't think of any instances were I would ever use either, and I would not recommend using it. I really don't know what to think about it though, because those uses of "least percentage" were in books that I would assume were edited before publishing for grammar/style/etc. I don't know if it's a dialectical usage that I haven't heard before or a mistake.
– eenbeetje
4 hours ago
The reason should be it was written by non-native speaker for educational purposes in universities I guess.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
As pointed out by user240918, "most percentage" is not common, but I was surprised to see that there were any hits at all for "most percentage" or "least percentage" on an ngram. There are a few legitimate examples, where the author wrote a sentence including "most percentage" like in this book, but from what I can tell, the majority of that minuscule number of hits comes from books like this, where the words appear together my a matter of coincidence. While there are still very few instances of "least percentage," there are many more, like here, here, and here. I hesitate to say most and least percentage are 100% wrong since they are attested and they may be acceptable among some groups, but they certainly sound wrong to my ear.
answered 5 hours ago
eenbeetje
794
Does it really sound wrong to your ears in any circumstances? Just wanna make sure to never use it again.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
I can't think of any instances were I would ever use either, and I would not recommend using it. I really don't know what to think about it though, because those uses of "least percentage" were in books that I would assume were edited before publishing for grammar/style/etc. I don't know if it's a dialectical usage that I haven't heard before or a mistake.
– eenbeetje
4 hours ago
The reason should be it was written by non-native speaker for educational purposes in universities I guess.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
As pointed out by user240918, "most percentage" is not common, but I was surprised to see that there were any hits at all for "most percentage" or "least percentage" on an ngram. There are a few legitimate examples, where the author wrote a sentence including "most percentage" like in this book, but from what I can tell, the majority of that minuscule number of hits comes from books like this, where the words appear together my a matter of coincidence. While there are still very few instances of "least percentage," there are many more, like here, here, and here. I hesitate to say most and least percentage are 100% wrong since they are attested and they may be acceptable among some groups, but they certainly sound wrong to my ear.
answered 5 hours ago
eenbeetje
794
As pointed out by user240918, "most percentage" is not common, but I was surprised to see that there were any hits at all for "most percentage" or "least percentage" on an ngram. There are a few legitimate examples, where the author wrote a sentence including "most percentage" like in this book, but from what I can tell, the majority of that minuscule number of hits comes from books like this, where the words appear together my a matter of coincidence. While there are still very few instances of "least percentage," there are many more, like here, here, and here. I hesitate to say most and least percentage are 100% wrong since they are attested and they may be acceptable among some groups, but they certainly sound wrong to my ear.
answered 5 hours ago
eenbeetje
794
answered 5 hours ago
eenbeetje
794
answered 5 hours ago
eenbeetje
794
answered 5 hours ago
eenbeetje
794
794
Does it really sound wrong to your ears in any circumstances? Just wanna make sure to never use it again.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
I can't think of any instances were I would ever use either, and I would not recommend using it. I really don't know what to think about it though, because those uses of "least percentage" were in books that I would assume were edited before publishing for grammar/style/etc. I don't know if it's a dialectical usage that I haven't heard before or a mistake.
– eenbeetje
4 hours ago
The reason should be it was written by non-native speaker for educational purposes in universities I guess.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
add a comment |
Does it really sound wrong to your ears in any circumstances? Just wanna make sure to never use it again.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
I can't think of any instances were I would ever use either, and I would not recommend using it. I really don't know what to think about it though, because those uses of "least percentage" were in books that I would assume were edited before publishing for grammar/style/etc. I don't know if it's a dialectical usage that I haven't heard before or a mistake.
– eenbeetje
4 hours ago
The reason should be it was written by non-native speaker for educational purposes in universities I guess.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
Does it really sound wrong to your ears in any circumstances? Just wanna make sure to never use it again.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
Does it really sound wrong to your ears in any circumstances? Just wanna make sure to never use it again.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
I can't think of any instances were I would ever use either, and I would not recommend using it. I really don't know what to think about it though, because those uses of "least percentage" were in books that I would assume were edited before publishing for grammar/style/etc. I don't know if it's a dialectical usage that I haven't heard before or a mistake.
– eenbeetje
4 hours ago
I can't think of any instances were I would ever use either, and I would not recommend using it. I really don't know what to think about it though, because those uses of "least percentage" were in books that I would assume were edited before publishing for grammar/style/etc. I don't know if it's a dialectical usage that I haven't heard before or a mistake.
– eenbeetje
4 hours ago
The reason should be it was written by non-native speaker for educational purposes in universities I guess.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
The reason should be it was written by non-native speaker for educational purposes in universities I guess.
– gunnuu1993
4 hours ago
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No, "most percentage" is not commonly used books.google.com/ngrams/…
– user240918
2 days ago
In the given context, most-least seems more appropriate, though.
– Kris
2 days ago
You mean we do say, a has more percentage than b, but don't say, a has the most percentage, right? @Kris
– gunnuu1993
yesterday
@Kris Are you there?
– gunnuu1993
23 hours ago
1
As a native BrE speaker, I'd use "biggest percentage" and "smallest percentage".
– AndyT
22 hours ago