On 2-9-2015 16:21, clipka wrote:
> Am 02.09.2015 um 09:15 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>
>> The case of Ger's which triggered my thread is pretty obvious and
>> acceptable in the context. However, the misuse nowadays in all kinds of
>> situations seems to be growing and can be pretty annoying sometimes.
>
> I think there are plenty of cases where values >100% are perfectly ok,
> such as:
>
> "This year, our budget has increased by 250% [compared to last year]."
>
> "Let's see for how long we can push the engine to 120% [nominal] thrust."
>
> "This amplifier has a gain of 420%."
>
> "This telescope rod can extend to 550% [of its retracted length]."
>

Yes, I suppose so but more often than not the bracketed portion is 
omitted which results in confusion, at least for me.

-- 
Thomas

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