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Why percent or percentage is uncountable? Updated on: 19 Mar 2016, 08:50
Originally posted by saaror on 19 Mar 2016, 03:50.
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If I say "as many as 15%" whats wrong with it...

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Why percent or percentage is uncountable? 19 Mar 2016, 04:22
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So you mean 'as much as' 15% or 'as more as' 15%? How can you use more with as? Are you meaning 'as many as'?
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Why percent or percentage is uncountable? 19 Mar 2016, 09:02
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Yes, edited the question, I meant "as many as", why cant I use that....
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It actually depends on what you're taking a percent of.

As much as 15% of the water was spilled.

As many as 15% of the cookies were burnt.

15% of a glass of water is a 'mass' of water - water is (basically) always uncountable. You wouldn't say 'one water', 'two waters', etc. - unless you're a waiter taking orders! But 15% of a platter of cookies is a 'number' of cookies. Cookies are countable.

That said, this smacks of the kind of distinction that the GMAT rarely tests. When it tests something like this, there's almost always another, easier, more grammatical rule being tested in the same answer choice.
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Whether or not it is countable depends on the subject in question, and not the use of percentage.

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