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Onelook Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

In relation to

In relation to what Trump said about China's monetary policy, Macron delivered similar remarks about China's misuse of IP regulations mirroring Trump's concerns about China increased trade mercantilism.


Is the sentence grammatically correct?

  

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"China increased trade mercantilism" isn't correct. At minimum, it seems that "China" should be "China's" or "Chinese". I'm not sure whether "trade mercantilism" makes sense.

  • "China increased trade mercantilism" isn't correct.
  • At minimum, it seems that "China" should be "China's" or "Chinese".
  • I'm not sure whether "trade mercantilism" makes sense.
  • " is questionable.
  • It seems a kind of loose journalistic style that might pass in normal reading but does not hold up to close scrutiny.
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"China increased trade mercantilism" isn't correct. At minimum, it seems that "China" should be "China's" or "Chinese". I'm not sure whether "trade mercantilism" makes sense.

The semantic connection between "In relation to ..." and "Macron delivered ..." is questionable. It seems a kind of loose journalistic style that might pass in normal reading but does not hold up to close scrutiny.

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