[Grammar] pecetage

[fisera]

I would like to ask whether English grammar distinguishes between writing percentages as 10% and 10 percent with a space as percentages and percent.
Thank you
Miroslav Fišera

 

[GoesStation]

Hi, and welcome to the forum! :hi:

A number followed by the percent sign is read the same as the number followed by the word "percent". This is a matter of convention, not grammar.

 

[jutfrank]

There's no difference in meaning, either, if that's what you're asking. They're just two different ways of writing the same thing.

Some people also prefer to write percent as two words: 10 per cent

 

[emsr2d2]

Note that you made a spelling error in your title.

 

[tedmc]

Apparently percent is AmE while per cent is BrE.

 

[Tdol]

I am British and use percent- you will see both.

 

[bubbha]

I prefer using "%" in written work. "The annual rate increased to 4%." There's no need to write the word "percent" out in full, in my opinion. Some publications use "pc" as an abbreviation for "percent", which puzzles me when there's a handy "%" sign.

 

[Tdol]

It does strike me as a pointless abbreviation.

 

[tedmc]

I think the % symbol is appropriate for scientific and technical writing involving analysing figures but not in an essay.

 

[Tdol]

I could use % in an essay- there are clearly differences in our treatment of these things. I could use percent as a word, but I honestly cannot think of a context where I would see percent as genuinely better than %. Mind you, some of my tutors did complain about some things I used like I instead of this reader.