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Hi, please help me."The United Nation's Millennium Development Goal is that each country decreases their maternal death rate 75% by 2015."Is "by" dropped from between "rate" and "75%"?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Is "by" dropped from between "rate" and "75%"?-- Yes. It is optional here.

Buddhaheart · Answer

tashiroHi, please help me."The United Nation's Millennium Development Goal is that each country decreases their maternal death rate 75% by 2015."Is "by" dropped from between "rate" and "75%"?

I just wish to mention for your interest the term “United Nation’s” should be “United Nations’s” (with the possessive “s” after the apostrophe “’”) or “United Nations’” (without the possessive “s” after the apostrophe “’”). The word “Nations” is the plural of “Nation”. “United Nations” is the name given to this body comprises of many nations of the world and is used as a singular even though the noun “Nations” is plural in number.

“The United Nations' Millennium Development Goal...” means “The goal of the United Nations Millennium Development...”

Anonymous · Answer

From the previous answer, even though it is over ten years old now, "United Nations's" is incorrect. "s's" does come up in english from time to time, the proper formatting is "s'" or "United Nations'", we drop the extra s in these cases, as the apostrophe without anything following infers the apostrophe s combination.

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