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Liveinjapan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
In piles
Could you see 
"It's hard to see which is which because analysis values are displayed in piles."
Does my sentence describe the graph in the above link well?
Thanks.
this graph
?"It's hard to see which is which because analysis values are displayed in piles."
Does my sentence describe the graph in the above link well?
Thanks.
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Hi, I can see a small graph but I don't know what you are referring to. Anyway, 'piles' definitely sounds wrong. Do you perhaps mean 'in columns'?
- Hi, I can see a small graph but I don't know what you are referring to.
- Anyway, 'piles' definitely sounds wrong.
- Do you perhaps mean 'in columns'?
- Clive
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Hi,
I can see a small graph but I don't know what you are referring to.
Anyway, 'piles' definitely sounds wrong.
Do you perhaps mean 'in columns'?
Clive
I can see a small graph but I don't know what you are referring to.
Anyway, 'piles' definitely sounds wrong.
Do you perhaps mean 'in columns'?
Clive
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Thanks, Clive.
In the graph, lines are overlapping each other in some areas.
So can I say, "Lines are shown overlapping each other."?
CliveDo you perhaps mean 'in columns'?In this case, I think it works.
In the graph, lines are overlapping each other in some areas.
So can I say, "Lines are shown overlapping each other."?
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Hi,
'Lines' is a very simplistic word to use in connection with a graph. More common is to speak of the 'values' or 'trends' that each line represents.
eg instead of saying
'the Sales and Production Expenses lines overlapped last November',
say
'Production Expenses exceeded Sales last November'.
Best wishes, Clive
'Lines' is a very simplistic word to use in connection with a graph. More common is to speak of the 'values' or 'trends' that each line represents.
eg instead of saying
'the Sales and Production Expenses lines overlapped last November',
say
'Production Expenses exceeded Sales last November'.
Best wishes, Clive
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