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Pvunderink Posted 12 years ago
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As shown by
Can someone please explain to me if it is allowed to start a sentence with 'as shown by'?
Sentence:
"As shown by the correlation matrix of coefficients in Table 7, the relationship between macroeconomic performance and the quality of labor that a person supplies is positive and economically significant."
Sentence:
"As shown by the correlation matrix of coefficients in Table 7, the relationship between macroeconomic performance and the quality of labor that a person supplies is positive and economically significant."
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Pvunderink if it is allowed to start a sentence with 'as shown by'? Yes, you may.
- Pvunderink if it is allowed to start a sentence with 'as shown by'?
- Yes, you may.
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Pvunderinkif it is allowed to start a sentence with 'as shown by'?Yes, you may.
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"As shown by" is OK, but you could consider whether "As the correlation matrix of coefficients in Table 7 shows, ..." reads better.
I wonder whether "correlation matrix of coefficients" should read "matrix of correlation coefficients".
I wonder whether "correlation matrix of coefficients" should read "matrix of correlation coefficients".
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