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Square Posted 12 years ago
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Consumers are very price conscious
"Consumers are very price conscious at the moment but their purchasing decisions also very much depend on product quality, their income and market sentiment," he said.
Source" Smarter & Wiser", Vietnam Economic Times.
In that sentence, the noun "price" is used as an adverb. That is strange to me.
I am wondering if it sound OK with native speakers.
Thanks.
Source" Smarter & Wiser", Vietnam Economic Times.
In that sentence, the noun "price" is used as an adverb. That is strange to me.
I am wondering if it sound OK with native speakers.
Thanks.
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Square In that sentence, the noun "price" is used as an adverb. That is strange to me. I am wondering if it sound OK with native speakers.
- Square In that sentence, the noun "price" is used as an adverb.
- That is strange to me.
- I am wondering if it sound OK with native speakers.
- The phrase is common.
- I would have hyphenated—'price-conscious'—and called it a compound adjective.
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SquareIn that sentence, the noun "price" is used as an adverb. That is strange to me. I am wondering if it sound OK with native speakers.The phrase is common. I would have hyphenated—'price-conscious'—and called it a compound adjective.
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