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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
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an increasing percentage ?

An increasing percentage is being spent on nonstandard treatments, which cause little discomfort.

Question,

What does it mean " an increasing percentage " ? Do you mean only that there is only one percentage has been increase ?

What is " nonstandard treatments " ?

What does that adjective dependent clause mean " which cause little discomfort " ? cause little discomfort about what the patients who get nonstandard treatmetns ?

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Top answer

An increasing percentage ... spent means more and more money spent as time goes on. Maybe it was 15% two years ago, 20% last year, and 28% this year.

— CalifJim

  • An increasing percentage ...
  • spent means more and more money spent as time goes on.
  • Maybe it was 15% two years ago, 20% last year, and 28% this year.
  • Nonstandard means not standard, not usual, not typical.
  • Doctors normally think of a particular treatment for a disease as the standard treatment.
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An increasing percentage ... spent means more and more money spent as time goes on. Maybe it was 15% two years ago, 20% last year, and 28% this year.
Nonstandard means not standard, not usual, not typical. Doctors normally think of a particular treatment for a disease as the standard treatment. It is the treatment that is usually done when someone has that disease. Any
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