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Musicgold Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Independent versus joint

Hi,

Is the following sentence correct and easy to understand? Is there a better way of writing it?

By the term ‘independent' here I meant the opposite of ‘joint' as in ‘jointly distributed' and not the opposite of the term ‘dependent'.

Thanks,

MG.
  

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Hi, Is the following sentence correct and easy to understand? Is there a better way of writing it? By the term ‘independent' here I meant the opposite of ‘joint' as in ‘jointly distributed' and not the opposite of the term ‘dependent'.

— Clive

  • Hi, Is the following sentence correct and easy to understand?
  • Is there a better way of writing it?
  • By the term ‘independent' here I meant the opposite of ‘joint' as in ‘jointly distributed' and not the opposite of the term ‘dependent'.
  • The sentence is OK.
  • In terms of the meaning, I'd suggest 'individually' here rather than 'independently' as the opposite of 'jointly'.
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Hi,

Is the following sentence correct and easy to understand? Is there a better way of writing it?

By the term ‘independent' here I meant the opposite of ‘joint' as in ‘jointly distributed' and not the opposite of the term ‘dependent'.



The sentence is OK. In terms of the meaning, I'd suggest 'individually' here rather than 'independently' as the opposi
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