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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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information technology industries

0The profits of the01u00 information technology industries02u00 have been spiraling upwards in recent years.02br
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0 I would keep technology, but change the sentence a little to read: "Profits in the information technology industries have been spiraling upwards in recent years." 01blockquote
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0 Or "Profits 01u00for companies in02u00 information technology 01u00related02u00 industries have been spiraling upwards in recent years." 0-
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0 Hi Angliholic02br
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00Actually, I think I'd probably say "information technology industr01b00y02b00".02br
00The words "information technology" are used together as one concept (better known as simply IT) and that is usually seen as a single type of industry.02br
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0Thanks, Alc07. 02br
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00I like your wording.0-
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0Yankee is right. It is one industry. I have not come across 01b00industries02b00 within an 01b00industry.02b02br
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00The acronym 01b00IT02b00 is more popular than its full form 01b00information technology02b00.02br
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00People usually say "IT industry, IT companie
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0 Thanks, my friends. 0-

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