To: george76
Decimated means to remove one in ten. Ten percent. Grrrrrrr!
To: Chad C. Mulligan
“ Decimated means to remove one in ten. Ten percent. Grrrrrrr!”
I know, drives me crazy too. It’s right there in the words, dec = ten
7 posted on
02/10/2024 4:58:27 AM PST by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: Chad C. Mulligan
I know. It's like the lion's share and unique. The intellectually challenged can't get such things right.
14 posted on
02/10/2024 5:42:28 AM PST by
Savage Beast
(Contempt for Truth is the evil most fundamental to the Decadence of Western Civilization.)
To: Chad C. Mulligan
18 posted on
02/10/2024 6:02:41 AM PST by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: Chad C. Mulligan
In present computer lingo decimated sometimes means far more than one in 10. it can often mean 7 out of 8, or even 15 out of 16.
26 posted on
02/10/2024 7:01:00 AM PST by
norwaypinesavage
(The power of the press is not in what it includes, rather, it's in that which is omitted.)
To: Chad C. Mulligan
That’s what it used to mean. Language changes over time.
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