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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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About to or very close?

Sentence: The yeild curve is very close to/about to get inverted in BRIC nations.

Question: Firstly, is the sentence systax is correct? Do we use "get" here with "very close to" and "about to"? Secondly, what is the difference between "about to" and "very close to". Are they one and the same?

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Hi, Sentence: The yeild curve is very close to/about to get inverted in BRIC nations. Question: Firstly, is the sentence systax is correct? close to getting inverted <<< about to be inverted OK Do we use "get" here with "very close to" and "about to" ?

— Clive

  • Hi, Sentence: The yeild curve is very close to/about to get inverted in BRIC nations.
  • Question: Firstly, is the sentence systax is correct?
  • close to getting inverted <<< about to be inverted OK Do we use "get" here with "very close to" and "about to" ?
  • 'Get' is OK, but 'be' or 'become' is less casual.
  • Secondly, what is the difference between "about to" and "very close to".
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Hi,

Sentence: The yeild curve is very close to/about toget inverted in BRIC nations.

Question: Firstly, is the sentence systax is correct?

close to getting inverted <<<

about to be inverted
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Either of these is OK. The second is a more predictive statement than the first.

The yield curve is very close to becoming inverted in BRIC nations.

The yield curve is about to become inverted in BRIC nations.
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Eh! With whom I should go with Emotion: thinking. Clive is telling me'Get' is OK, but 'be' or 'become' is less casua
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"Get" is such an overused, commonplace, hackneyed verb! You can use it, but it does not sound very professional.

In these sentences, become (or even be) fits the meaning much better.
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