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Nessie000 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
'Among the 10 key export commodities...'
Hi,
Please have a look at this:
Among the 10 key export commodities in the US market in 2009, pepper is probably the only item, apart from coffee, to post positive growth
=> Is it better if we say 'to the US market' instead of 'in the US market in this case?
=> Is it odd and not native-like to use 'only' here when coffee is another commodity to post positive growth (which means pepper is not the only item)?
Many thanks,
Nessie.
Please have a look at this:
Among the 10 key export commodities in the US market in 2009, pepper is probably the only item, apart from coffee, to post positive growth
=> Is it better if we say 'to the US market' instead of 'in the US market in this case?
=> Is it odd and not native-like to use 'only' here when coffee is another commodity to post positive growth (which means pepper is not the only item)?
Many thanks,
Nessie.
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Is it better if we say 'to the US market' instead of 'in the US market in this case? -- 'Only' is fine here.
- Is it better if we say 'to the US market' instead of 'in the US market in this case?
- -- 'Only' is fine here.
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Is it better if we say 'to the US market' instead of 'in the US market in this case? -- No
=> Is it odd and not native-like to use 'only' here when coffee is another commodity to post positive growth (which means pepper is not the only item)?-- 'Only' is fine here.
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Is it better if we say 'to the US market' instead of 'in the US market in this case? -- No
=> Is it odd and not native-like to use 'only' here when coffee is another commodity to post positive growth (which means pepper is not the only item)?-- 'Only' is fine here.
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Hi MM,
Thank you very much for your help, but could you please be a bit more specific?
'to the US market' is not better than 'in the US market' in this case, but is it correct to use 'to' here? I think so because we often say 'export to'...
Many thanks once again,
Nessie.
Thank you very much for your help, but could you please be a bit more specific?
'to the US market' is not better than 'in the US market' in this case, but is it correct to use 'to' here? I think so because we often say 'export to'...
Many thanks once again,
Nessie.
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'Export to' ('export' is a verb) does not admit the same grammar as 'export commodities in' ('export. is an adjective).
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'Export to' ('export' is a verb) does not admit the same grammar as 'export commodities in' ('export. is an adjective).
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