tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post8245604118074393573..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Odd Statsgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-43072944808388633892012-06-06T09:05:36.311-04:002012-06-06T09:05:36.311-04:00Here is the way I would expect "per" to ...Here is the way I would expect "per" to be used in such a situation: "Rondo scores 3 points per minute when Dwayne Wade is off the floor": to describe a rate.<br /><br />As I said, I think your interpretation is probably what was meant. But why not just say "during," like you did, and make the meaning clear? I think what happened was that the author was writing thinking he had a rate at hand, even though he did not.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-58716591020456946432012-06-06T08:22:57.059-04:002012-06-06T08:22:57.059-04:00Gene,
It's an odd usage, but I don't thin...Gene,<br /><br />It's an odd usage, but I don't think it's formally incorrect. The strange unit of measurement associated with it ("36 minutes when Dwyane Wade has been off the court in this series") really does make it pop out though, doesn't it?Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-79973496817228920752012-06-05T10:28:26.310-04:002012-06-05T10:28:26.310-04:00That probably is what they meant, Tom, but that is...That probably is what they meant, Tom, but that is not the way the word "per" is standardly used in English: would you ever say "I went on a bender per the weekend my wife was away"? "I won't be working per the Christmas season"?<br /><br />No, the word "per" is used like this: "ninety miles per hour."gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-25605746568878697902012-06-05T08:13:25.234-04:002012-06-05T08:13:25.234-04:00"What is a 'shooting percentage per 36 mi..."What is a 'shooting percentage per 36 minutes?'"<br /><br />That's sort of like asking what's a millime, and leaving off the ter.<br /><br />75%: Rajon Rondo's shooting percentage during the 36 minutes when Dwyane Wade has been off the court in this series.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.com