query: Which one is better (or correct) expression? "go up 5 percent'" or "go up by 5 percent"
positive_passages.docid: 21605
positive_passages.text: Omission of 'for' with various quantified time intervals: influence of verb
negative_passages.docid: 81201
negative_passages.text: Meaning of "Percent increase"
negative_passages.docid: 2182
negative_passages.text: vs. . Which to use?
negative_passages.docid: 29376
negative_passages.text: "Through" or "to" for expression of range
negative_passages.docid: 46215
negative_passages.text: The reason for saying "5 out of 10" instead of "1 of 2"?
negative_passages.docid: 29197
negative_passages.text: Does a percentage quantity take singular or plural verb agreement?
negative_passages.docid: 35117
negative_passages.text: "The number of residents has grown" vs. "the number of residents have grown"
negative_passages.docid: 149501
negative_passages.text: about "by" followed by a number or amount of change
negative_passages.docid: 142590
negative_passages.text: Why is "a 100% increase" the same amount as "a two-fold increase"?
negative_passages.docid: 28466
negative_passages.text: "Toward" or "towards"?
negative_passages.docid: 128611
negative_passages.text: Difference between "On your mark, get set, go" and "Ready, steady, go"
negative_passages.docid: 127088
negative_passages.text: Distinguishing whether "up" is a preposition or a part of a phrasal verb in this case
negative_passages.docid: 64817
negative_passages.text: When should "farther" and "further" be used?
negative_passages.docid: 32496
negative_passages.text: Differences between ways to express future actions
negative_passages.docid: 109049
negative_passages.text: headed or heading, started or starting?
negative_passages.docid: 43129
negative_passages.text: A comparison between the verbs (come in / by), (drop in / by), (check in / by) (step in / by) and come over
negative_passages.docid: 101400
negative_passages.text: Which is correct: "prefer X to Y" or "prefer X over Y"?