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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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an average of/on average

0Grocery stores usually have [an average of/ on average] 10 to15 checkout lanes to handle peak hours.02br
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00Are both correct?02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Grocery stores usually have [an average of/ on average] 10 to15 checkout lanes to handle peak hours.12br
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10Grocery stores usually have 01b00on average02b0010 to15 checkout lanes to handle peak hours.0-
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0Yoong Liat, what about the following sentence:02br
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00Teenagers send [an average of/on average] 60 text messages a day.02br
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0 My preferences:02br
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01i00Teenagers send an average of 60 text messages a day.02br
00Teenagers 01font00send02font00 01font0060 text messages02font00 a day on [the/an] average.02i02br
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00It's a good idea to have the 01font
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0 Cool Breeze, do you agree with Yoong Liat on the original question? Do you think 'an average of' is unacceptable? 0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Cool Breeze, do you agree with Yoong Liat on the original question? Do you think 'an average of' is unacceptable?12blockquote
10It's just as correct in your original sentence as it is in mine.02br
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