A five percent maximum

[peruviangirl]

!A ten percent maximum" or "A maximum of ten percent"

Thanks in advance....

Diana

 

[funnydeal]

ten per cent at the most

 

[LadyBlakeney]

I believe both alternatives are correct, though I think the first one sounds better. Anyway, I advise you to ask in the English Only forum to get answers from English native speakers. Then again, a lot of them speak great Spanish and come to this forum too, so you will probably hear from them here.

 

[dave]

As Lady B says, both are correct, but would be used in different contexts. Can you give us the whole sentence?

 

[peruviangirl]

THE WHOLE SENTENCE IS:

SILK SCREEN PRINTING: It can dissapear till a 5 percent maximum.

THANKS IN ADVANCE...
DIANA

 

[dave]

It can dissapear till a 5 percent maximum.
DIANA

I really don't know what this means! What do you want to say in Spanish?

 

[LadyBlakeney]

I suppose it means that, when you have an image on the screen of the machine and you print it on silk, a maximum of five per cent of the image may disappear in the printout. Is that so?

 

[Timmy C]

If Lady B is right, then you might say something like:

Up to 5% of the image may be lost in printing.

 

[esance]

Hello peruviangirl,

disappear (not dissapear)

 

[peruviangirl]

I suppose it means that, when you have an image on the screen of the machine and you print it on silk, a maximum of five per cent of the image may disappear in the printout. Is that so?

Yes, that´s right... thanks Lady B. and Timmy your sentence has a better sense than mine... good correction... Esance, thank you too by the correction, I have not realized...

Diana