Which Makes Most Sense?

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From: Prisoner at War
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:00

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Hi, All:

Is it written "95 in 100 samples" or "95 in a 100 samples"?  Does "100"
mean "one hundred" or "a hundred"?  If you were to read the statement
"95 in 100 samples" out loud, what do you say for "100"?

And what's the deal with stuff like putting question marks inside
quotation marks?  I understand that typographically it looks better to
tuck everything within quotes, though logically it might lead to the
implication that the question mark is a part of the quote (say, in the
case of the title of an article).  I've seen it done both ways,
actually, on the NYT website....


TIA!

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