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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Why do you guys say "per cent" instead of "percent"? Isn't "per cent" per 1000? If so, then this reduction is almost nothing, only 3.5%.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As said by other users, percent is the same as per cent. per 1000 is per mille as in per one thousand(mille) see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_mille

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