Prepositions before and after percentages
I'm commenting on several data of a graphic and I have a doubt question about the preposition that comes (or doesn't) before the percentage, and whether the determiner "the" has to appear before "times/ cases..."
Sentences:
Further, (in) 73,83% of (the) times bloody is said...
... while only 26,16% of (the) cases is a child...
We can notice that (in) 75,6% of (the) times...
Could you please give me some guidance?
Note that whether or not the
is used doesn't depend on the % symbol. It depends on the sentence, and the
is used as per the normal rules.
There's a piece of land we own. 90% of the land (we're talking about) is cultivated. [
The
has to be used]65% of children play computer games. [Not
the children
, unless it is specified which children are we talking about].Examples are from oxford
So to know whether or not the
is needed, we'll require your whole sentences with context.
Same goes for in
. It is included/omitted as per the normal rules.
Compare:
-
In
is required- In most of the cases, we succeeded
- In 70% of the cases, we succeeded
-
In
is not required- We can notice that most of the times...
- We can notice that 20% of the times....
Don't let the mathematical symbols confuse you. As a matter of fact, you should always write fifty percent
instead of 50%
.