Ten percent, ten per cent, 10 percent, or 10%?
I would prefer 10% – short, and easier on the eye.
Maintaining consistency might be a problem though – you could write “He scored 90% in his maths exam.” But I guess that wouldn’t work for this: “Fifty percent of a person’s genes are passed on to their child.” Would this much inconsistency be okay?
Should one try to keep it consistent with how it appears in a quotation they cite? What if two quotations cite it differently?
I would prefer 10% – short, and easier on the eye.
Maintaining consistency might be a problem though – you could write “He scored 90% in his maths exam.” But I guess that wouldn’t work for this: “Fifty percent of a person’s genes are passed on to their child.” Would this much inconsistency be okay?
Should one try to keep it consistent with how it appears in a quotation they cite? What if two quotations cite it differently?