On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:18:18 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:



In just a week you'll have decimated the
population.

Reduced it by a tenth, do you mean? ;-)

If I had to put a percentage on it I'd estimate about 80%.

But you said decimated ... that means reduced by one tenth.

Or to a tenth? My Dictionary doesn't say.

Oxford Advanced Learners says a decimal is ... Oh no.
Nine tenths is a decimal from what I gather. But so, on the other hand
is one tenth.


Hussein
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