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Funkijunki Posted 17 years ago
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Guys,i need your help~~
here is the sentence:
unemployment among them is suspected to be running at the highest level for nearly a decade;at anything up to 12%.
why they used"anything" here?what does it mean?
unemployment among them is suspected to be running at the highest level for nearly a decade;at anything up to 12%.
why they used"anything" here?what does it mean?
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Technically, it means anything within a range of from 0% to 12%, but within this context it would be understood as "anything in the high range , and up to 12%," where "the high range" would be what was considered high during normal times.
- Technically, it means anything within a range of from 0% to 12%, but within this context it would be understood as "anything in the high range , and up to 12%," where "the high range" would be what was considered high during normal times.
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Technically, it means anything within a range of from 0% to 12%, but within this context it would be understood as "anything in the high range, and up to 12%," where "the high range" would be what was considered high during normal times.
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