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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
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average, averagely, on average.

Total property losses resulting from lightning strikes in the United States are average several hundred million dollars per year, and lightning is also believed to cause about 10,000 forest fires each year.

Q) I thought "average" should be "averagely" or "on average", I wonder why it is an adjective form "average."
  

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That sentence is incorrect. "On average" works, but "averagely" does not. You could also delete "are", which is better, and which is probably what happened—cut-and-paste error.

— Enoon

  • That sentence is incorrect.
  • "On average" works, but "averagely" does not.
  • You could also delete "are", which is better, and which is probably what happened—cut-and-paste error.
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That sentence is incorrect. "On average" works, but "averagely" does not. You could also delete "are", which is better, and which is probably what happened—cut-and-paste error.
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Ah.. but isn't the connection between the subject "Total property losses" and the verb this? ;"Total property losses (resulting from lightning strikes in the United States) are on average several hundred million dollars per year,
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Yes. I think what enoon meant was that you can add on or you can delete are.
Total property losses resulting from lightning strikes in the United States are on average several hundred million dollars per year.
Total property losses resulting from lightning strikes in the United States average several hundred million dollars per
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Blue JayYes. I think what enoon meant was that you can add on or you can delete are.
Right. Sorry. I was unclear.
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