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> "[...] where all but about 80% of women end up changing their major [...]"

> In other words, 20% of women end up changing their major.

Or very nearly 80% [1]. Its generally just better to avoid "all but" in quantitative contexts; in qualitative contexts its clear, but in quantitative ones its clear-as-mud.

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20but

parent dragonwriter 13 years ago

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