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Source[^], but the NYT has the same thing.
I really don't like the "one in __", in this kind of context; it's just not precise enough language, for me.
A back-of-the-mind inference is that each family or grouping of five people has to choose one to stay at home. Even though the reader knows that is not the case, it still fuzzes the meaning, subconsciously (and if you don't know how to write for the subconscious, you shouldn't be writing headlines).
Percentage and fractions have no such implications: "20% of" and "a fifth of" don't conjure any illusions*.
* OK, so who immediately thought "unless you chop people into fifths!"? That's what I mean by writing for the subconscious.
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Quote: Percentage and fractions have no such implications: "20%
Now you are assuming that they know what percentages are, quite a bold assumption 
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RickZeeland wrote: Now you are assuming that they know what percentages are, quite a bold assumption
90% of assumptions about other people are wrong* -- unless they don't understand percentages, of course, in which case, assuming they're stoopid is 100% correct.
* Yes, that's one of the 78% of made-up-on-the-spot statistics.
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Who are you calling "they"?
(90% of statistics are made up)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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It's for people who count on their fingers.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: It's for people who count on their fingers.
It wouldn't surprise me.
We should put out fake news that it's only 4%, to prompt them to maybe get an education (or an additional prosthetic limb).
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Mark_Wallace wrote: "a fifth of" don't conjure any illusions
Depends on what you're drinking! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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kmoorevs wrote: Depends on what you're drinking!
... And how many fifths!
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Do you have to pay for your own dutch oven?
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And if you don't want to cook at home, are you forced to buy freedom fries?
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Quote: In matters of ovens the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much.
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His price: 70 quid:
Care Friars Balsam 50ml - 09/21 Expiry Date | eBay[^]
Our survey said:
Care Friars Balsam 50ml[^]
Yes, the top answer is £2.19 -- and yes, that means he's selling for a mere 3100% mark up.
What a saint.
I've reported him to ebay as a coronavirus profiteer. Feel free to pile another complaint on top.
(Remember to save what you type into ebay forms before hitting the "Submit" button; they have a tendency to make you type it all again).
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Feel free to pile another complaint on top.
somewhere else please, facebook etc.
Not the lounge, it's not the right forum for this, not the right audience.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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I don't do social chlamydia, and this is a topic we've already talked about a few times.
Feel free to repost, wherever you like.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Feel free to repost, wherever you like.
Done: Inappropriate use of the lounge[^]
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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You forgot this one:
The Lounge[^]
And this one:
The Lounge[^]
And this one:
The Lounge[^]
Forgive me for positing a ridiculous idea, but is it at all possible that the Lounge does not belong to you, and that you do not get to decide what everyone talks about?
No, you're right. It's stupid of me to even think something so obviously incorrect.
This is the last time I will reply to you on this thread (unless you post something civil). You will not turn the Lounge into a new soapbox, no matter how hard you try.
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you don't see the difference?
- those examples you post talking about price gougers as a topic with an example
- you're reporting a price gouger and further "Feel free to pile another complaint on top."
topic: OK, (examples to support topic: OK)
here's a gouger: you make it about this gouger - not the topic
'help me report this guy' - ratifying that it's about THIS gouger
-- what is your motive? are they competition?
-- advertising against a particular seller is as good as advertising yourself?
I know English is a challenge for many, and my first response should have been enough for most.
clearly you just want to push your own agenda in the lounge, ra ra everybody follow me.
so again, what's your motive???
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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Reported for trolling.
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lopatir wrote: so again, what's your motive???
I think that his motive is pretty obvious - to point out that, in the midst of a world-wide crisis, there are low-lifes looking to profit from it.
And, I don't think any forum (including the lounge) should be above having a discussion about (and even mobilizing action against) such disgraceful profiteers.
You ask what's his motive. Maybe you could tell us what yours is!
I haven't read the Lounge rules, but I'd be very surprised if there's one that says: "do not say or do anything to help your fellow human-beings in a time of world-wide crisis". And, in any case, no matter what the rules were two weeks ago, every Government affected by Coronavirus is currently overturning/breaking them now.
You need to save your jobsworth rule application for a time when there are not more important things to worry about!
Note, for non UK loungers. See here[^] for 'jobsworth' definition.
modified 21-Mar-20 11:07am.
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Bloody well said.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: social chlamydia
I'm gonna have to remember this one... 
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It's something you only share with your very best friends.
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There is an open source ventilator in development
When they're ready(ish) the files will be available here[^]
More info here: Open Source Ventilator[^]
They also have a page where you can register, if you believe you can help with development.
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