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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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