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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Disproportionately high to?

Hello,

I wish to say something along the lines of 'these people wield influence disproportionately high to their numbers'. This construction sounds clumsy; is it acceptable English? And is there a better way of expressing it? I would love a technical explanation, if it can be provided.

Thank you
  

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This is all you need: 'these people wield influence disproportionate to their numbers'

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This is all you need:




'these people wield influence disproportionate to their numbers'



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But that does not specify whether it is disproportionately high or low - what if I wished to say a group wields little influence for its numbers?
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The idiom means 'high'. If you wish to use low, then you will have to say so.
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So does 'disproportionately low to' sound correct to you? Or does 'disproportionately low for' sound better? Does that even mean the same thing?
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Going back to your original sentence, I would do this:

These people wield influence disproportionately weak for their numbers.
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