0310-37

kevincao

37.The element potassium makes up    less than one half percentage of the human body.

anser is D ,  but what is the difference between percent and percentage

thanks

水滴石穿

个人认为ne percent 和    the percentage is one . 偶也不清楚,只是这样读着顺口.

刘邦

'Percent' can be used as 'number+percent'

but 'percentage' is always used as 'high/low/no+percentage' or ' The percentage is......' There seems to be no use such as 'number+percentage'.