: Re: Is per cent (two words) standard for British authors? In the United States a percentage (numerical - 50%) is always one word. I have read two crime novels by a British author who breaks the

I have checked two dictionaries on my iPad and both explicitly show per cent and percent as British and American spellings respectively. This answer from English Language StE claims:

Both spellings, percent and per cent, are acceptable, but consistency should be maintained. Percent is more common in US usage; per cent is more common in British usage.

If you read that page, you will find ngram data supporting that the English usage is increasingly affected by the American one. This explains Spagirl, who has never used the canonical form.

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