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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
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Growth of about 15 percent was over the past decade.
1. Growth of about 15 percent was over the past decade.
2. Growth of about 15 percent over the past decade was real.
Are the sentences possible to use?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
2. Growth of about 15 percent over the past decade was real.
Are the sentences possible to use?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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Sentence 2 is better. I wonder why the first sentence does not have the word "real" in it. The first sentence does not sound natural.
- Sentence 2 is better.
- I wonder why the first sentence does not have the word "real" in it.
- The first sentence does not sound natural.
- There was a growth of about 15% over the past decade.
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Sentence 2 is better. I wonder why the first sentence does not have the word "real" in it. The first sentence does not sound natural.
There was a growth of about 15% over the past decade.
There was a growth of about 15% over the past decade.
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Thank you so much and is it not possible to use 'Be + over periods like other prepositions?
I am in the house/ This is about you / This is for you, etc.
'Something is over some period' pattern is wrong or unnatural?
What do you think?
Thank you so much.
I am in the house/ This is about you / This is for you, etc.
'Something is over some period' pattern is wrong or unnatural?
What do you think?
Thank you so much.
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