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Not so old chap.
Not so old chap.
It is so. Arguing otherwise is just silly. Next you will be telling me how the Earth is flat and the center of the universe. There are dozens of textbooks that say so to prove it!!!
It is so. Arguing otherwise is just silly. Next you will be telling me how the Earth is flat and the center of the universe. There are dozens of textbooks that say so to prove it!!!
per cent, adv. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary https://www.oed.com/dictionary/per-cent_adv
The earliest known use of the word per cent is in the mid 1500s.
OED's earliest evidence for per cent is from 1568, in a letter by T. Gresham. per cent is of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening.
Etymons: per prep., cent n.1; per centum adv.
per cent, adv. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/per-cent_adv
The earliest known use of the word per cent is in the mid 1500s.
OED's earliest evidence for per cent is from 1568, in a letter by T. Gresham.
per cent is of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening.
Etymons: per prep., cent n.1; per centum adv.
I've seen it. They were wrong, get over it.
I've seen it. They were wrong, get over it.
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