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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Half of a century?

Hi,
I am struggling with the following sentence:

'Over the span of the last half century academics have moved away from the illustrious proposition that firm value is indifferent from the way it is financed.'

Is it 'correct' like this, or should it be something like: 'Over the span of last half of a century..'?
It is in the context of a famous proposition (at least in the world of finance) on which new theories have been based.
  

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Anonymous Is it 'correct' like this Yes. Anonymous Over the span of last half of a century No. That refers to any century, which is not the case.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Is it 'correct' like this Yes.
  • Anonymous Over the span of last half of a century No.
  • That refers to any century, which is not the case.
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AnonymousIs it 'correct' like this
Yes.
AnonymousOver the span of last half of a century
No. That refers to any century, which is not the case.
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AnonymousIs it 'correct' like this
1- You need a comma after "half-century".
2- "... indifferent from the way it is financed." doesn't make sense.
Anonymousshould it be something like: 'Over the span of last half of a century'?
No, that would be incorrect.
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AnonymousIs it 'correct' like this, or should it be something like: 'Over the span of last half of a century..'?
It would be easier and more natural as 'Over the span of the last half a century.'
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Here are two other comments.

indifferent to something, not indifferent from something.

We usually call people 'illustrious', but not things.

Clive
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