• @LovableSidekick
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    15 hours ago

    “By 80 percentage points” means add 80 more points to a number of percentage points, so 5% becomes 85%. “By 80 percent” means add 80 percent of the current value.

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      6 hours ago

      I know. By x % and by x percentage points is the most commonly confused pair, not by x % and to x %.