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Sentence #278964

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 vdogamr vdogamr May 19, 2021 May 19, 2021 at 8:42:27 PM UTC link Permalink

The English for this sentence is wrong.
The phrase "one per cent" means "there is one of something for each cent".
It should be "one percent", which means "one in a hundred", and can be written as "1%".

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Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

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➜ #125029天才は１パーセントが霊感であり、９９パーセントは精進である。

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➜ #498286Гений - это один процент вдохновения и девяносто девять процентов труда.

linked by las, September 5, 2010
➜ #902598O gênio consiste em um por cento de inspiração e noventa e nove por cento em transpiração.

linked by alexmarcelo, May 22, 2011
➜ #1508342El genio es uno por ciento de inspiración y noventa y nueve por ciento de transpiración.

linked by marcelostockle, March 29, 2012
➜ #1218690Ein Genie besteht aus einem Prozent Inspiration und 99 Prozent Schweiß.

linked by Pfirsichbaeumchen, November 26, 2013
➜ #1813456Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

linked by Pfirsichbaeumchen, November 26, 2013
➜ #4963152Гений — это один процент вдохновения и девяносто девять процентов пота.

linked by odexed, March 9, 2016
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

edited by CK, May 21, 2021
➜ #339357Le génie c'est 1 pour cent d'inspiration et 99 pour cent de transpiration.

linked by Aiji, February 10, 2023