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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
before what?
Hi,
At the Saturday-Sunday, October 27-28, 2007, issue of the International Herald Tribune, under the article heading (name) of "UN issues 'final wake-up call' to world on the environment", I saw this paragraph.
The report said 250 percent more fish were being caught than the oceans could produce in a sustainable manner, and that the number of fish stocks classified as collapsed had roughly doubled to 30 percent over the past 20 years.
I have difficulty understanding what 'over the past 20 years' refers to: past 20 years from today or past 20 years from the date of the report?
At the Saturday-Sunday, October 27-28, 2007, issue of the International Herald Tribune, under the article heading (name) of "UN issues 'final wake-up call' to world on the environment", I saw this paragraph.
The report said 250 percent more fish were being caught than the oceans could produce in a sustainable manner, and that the number of fish stocks classified as collapsed had roughly doubled to 30 percent over the past 20 years.
I have difficulty understanding what 'over the past 20 years' refers to: past 20 years from today or past 20 years from the date of the report?
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It would have to be the 20 years prior to the data being collected for the report, but since the report was just released, there's not much difference.
- It would have to be the 20 years prior to the data being collected for the report, but since the report was just released, there's not much difference.
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It would have to be the 20 years prior to the data being collected for the report, but since the report was just released, there's not much difference.
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