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Pvunderink Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Insecurities about a sentence
Could someone please check my sentence?
I'm not sure if it needs a comma before 'which'. In addition, is it 'the fluctiations' or just 'fluctuations. Is the construction of the sentence fine?
"The previous paragraph directed its attention to several macro-economic indicators which could possibly explain the fluctuations in economic performance."
I'm not sure if it needs a comma before 'which'. In addition, is it 'the fluctiations' or just 'fluctuations. Is the construction of the sentence fine?
"The previous paragraph directed its attention to several macro-economic indicators which could possibly explain the fluctuations in economic performance."
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" clause defines which indicators you mean, so no comma. ) Some people might therefore prefer to use "that" here. g.
- " clause defines which indicators you mean, so no comma.
- ) Some people might therefore prefer to use "that" here.
- g.
- you have already mentioned or demonstrated them) "fluctuations" -- talking generally The rest of the sentence is correct.
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The "which ..." clause defines which indicators you mean, so no comma. (With a comma, it would be implied that fluctuations in economic performance were influenced by what you had written in the previous paragraph.) Some people might therefore prefer to use "that" here.
"the fluctuations" -- talking about specific fluctuations that the reader knows about (e.g. you have already mentioned o
"the fluctuations" -- talking about specific fluctuations that the reader knows about (e.g. you have already mentioned o
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