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A filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark's self-image

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196 points RapperWhoMadeIt | 1 comments | 27 Mar 25 13:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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albert_e ◴[27 Mar 25 15:32 UTC] No.43494713[source]▶
> One out of every two Danes has seen the documentary.

Why not simpler English -- "half of the country has watched it"

Also pendatic aside -- i think "every two danes" is a stretch -- i am sure we can find many instances of "two danes" where both has watched it. Or neither. Some are being born as we speak (write).

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thwarted ◴[27 Mar 25 16:34 UTC] No.43495322[source]▶
Why say "four out of five dentists" instead of "80% of dentists"?
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1. albert_e ◴[28 Mar 25 01:15 UTC] No.43500293[source]▶
Seems a bit needlessly long when employed for a concept more mundanely called "half". A lay person uses half more often, I would imagine.

For all other fractions, I don't feel it is that odd to use X out of Y construct.