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Brenda1st Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
A question about percentage description.
Here is a sentence from a Chinese governmental report: " The per capita asset of China's top 500 top businesses is 40% those of the World's top 500. " Do they omit an "of " after "40%" ?
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Hi, This is a poorly written sentence. It's hard to understand on first reading. Here are a few problems.
- Hi, This is a poorly written sentence.
- It's hard to understand on first reading.
- Here are a few problems.
- Per capita is used for people, not for businesses Assets should be used in plural form in a context like this Top is repeated You don't need 'of'.
- Clive
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Hi,
This is a poorly written sentence. It's hard to understand on first reading.
Here are a few problems.
Per capita is used for people, not for businesses
Assets should be used in p
This is a poorly written sentence. It's hard to understand on first reading.
Here are a few problems.
Per capita is used for people, not for businesses
Assets should be used in p
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