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for a grand total vs on a grand total

Both "for a grand total" and "on a grand total" are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. "For a grand total" is commonly used when presenting a final sum or amount, while "on a grand total" is used when referring to calculations or actions performed based on that total.

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for a grand total

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when presenting a final sum or amount.

This phrase is used when presenting the total amount or sum of something. It indicates that the following number or figure is the complete sum.

Examples:

The expenses for the project amounted to $10,000 for a grand total.
She collected donations from various sources, adding up to $500 for a grand total.

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It gives me great pleasure to announce that we have been able to produce more notes than originally anticipated for a grand total of $1 trillion.
Christian Barnard's first heart transplant recipient lived for a grand total of 18 days.
The EU's 27 Member States account for a grand total of more than 89000 km of coastline.
That is 48 hours, 52 times a year, for a grand total of 2,500 hours.

Alternatives:

in total
as a grand total
making a grand total of
resulting in a grand total
totaling

on a grand total

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to calculations or actions performed based on a total amount.

This phrase is used when discussing calculations, percentages, or actions that are based on a total amount or sum. It indicates that the following information or action is related to the specified total.

Examples:

The tax rate is 10% on a grand total of $1,000.
The discount applies on a grand total of all purchases made during the promotion.

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So that is a grand total of £10.68.
In fact, over the last four weeks, a grand total of 12 minutes.
That's a grand total of two people in Florida.
But for the next five years, we saw each other a grand total of ten days.
From a grand total of ten deliveries, which I'm reliably informed is the most in one day since 1957...
I have used mine a grand total of zero times.
You got a grand total of two.
(keys clacking) Makes a grand total of $28.75.
It gives me great pleasure to announce that we have been able to produce more notes than originally anticipated for a grand total of $1 trillion.
The EU's 27 Member States account for a grand total of more than 89000 km of coastline.
The point is, we've been at this charade for 3 weeks, and it's yielded a grand total of nada.
With a 20% discount, you're looking at a grand total of $84.
With a 20% discount, you're looking at a grand total of $84.
Before today, the feds have been up on Miles's cell phone... a grand total of one time.
More like a muddy snooze fest so far as Carter "the Bullet" Rutherford has a grand total of about 300 yards...
Christian Barnard's first heart transplant recipient lived for a grand total of 18 days.
That's a grand total of 18 in the past 3 days.
~ Which gives us a grand total of...?
For example, in 2004, the U.S. drone fleet produced a grand total of 71 hours of video surveillance for analysis.
Let me see. 19 plus 187 gives me a grand total of... two hundred and six.

Alternatives:

based on the grand total
calculated on the grand total
computed on the grand total
taking into account the grand total
in relation to the grand total

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