Is it okay for coupled with continued inflation to modify hikes
The Bank of Korea attributed the risk to aggressive interest hikes in the U.S. coupled with continued inflation and the cut-off of Russian gas in Europe.
Is it okay for coupled with continued inflation to modify hikes like hikes that are coupled with continued inflation?
Or should there be a comma like hikes, which are coupled with continued inflation as an additional information?
And is the cut-off of Russian gas in Europe an object of the verb attributed or the preposition with?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
Hans51 Is it okay for coupled with continued inflation to modify hikes like hikes that are coupled with continued inflation? No. "Coupled with" acts as a conjunction there, equivalent to "and".
- Hans51 Is it okay for coupled with continued inflation to modify hikes like hikes that are coupled with continued inflation?
- No.
- "Coupled with" acts as a conjunction there, equivalent to "and".
- Hans51 Or should there be a comma like hikes, which are coupled with continued inflation as an additional information?
- We don't use a comma that way, but yes, that is more like it.
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Hans51Is it okay for coupled with continued inflation to modify hikes like hikes that are coupled with continued inflation?
No. "Coupled with" acts as a conjunction there, equivalent to "and".
Hans51Or should there be a comma like hikes, which are coupled with continued inflation as an additional information?
We do
0Hans51The Bank of Korea attributed the risk to aggressive interest hikes in the U.S. coupled with continued inflation and the cut-off of Russian gas in Europe.
The Bank of Korea attributed the risk to
1) aggressive interest hikes in the U.S.
coupled
with
2a) continued inflation
and
(with)
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