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70+ percent

Posted By: nana on 2007-11-27
In Reply to: 70 plus % better - Tracey

Subject: 70+ percent

This is how I do it.  Don't you love when they dictate things like that?  What is wrong with "better than 70% improvement" or improvement greater than 70%, or whatever.  Sometimes I change things like that to make it clear and so they look like they have a grip on the English language. 


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