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Pvunderink Posted 12 years ago
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Is the word order correct?
Can someone please check my sentence?
"This suggests that on average developing countries have not reached their steady-state growth path yet."
The sentence before this one was: "On top of that, it is essential to comment on the divergence in growth rates between ‘Population growth’ and ‘Labor force (Employed) % of population’."
"This suggests that on average developing countries have not reached their steady-state growth path yet."
The sentence before this one was: "On top of that, it is essential to comment on the divergence in growth rates between ‘Population growth’ and ‘Labor force (Employed) % of population’."
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I suggest some commas (to avoid tendency to read "average developing countries" as a phrase) and moving the word "yet": This suggests that , on average , developing countries have not yet reached their steady-state growth path. I question whether "on average ... have not reached" is quite logical.
- I suggest some commas (to avoid tendency to read "average developing countries" as a phrase) and moving the word "yet": This suggests that , on average , developing countries have not yet reached their steady-state growth path.
- I question whether "on average ...
- have not reached" is quite logical.
- Can you average a binary property?
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I suggest some commas (to avoid tendency to read "average developing countries" as a phrase) and moving the word "yet":
This suggests that, on average, developing countries have not yet reached their steady-state growth path.
I question whether "on average ... have not reached" is quite logical. Can you average a binary property?
This suggests that, on average, developing countries have not yet reached their steady-state growth path.
I question whether "on average ... have not reached" is quite logical. Can you average a binary property?
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Thank you. I was indeed struggeling with the word 'yet'.
Well, in my report some countries may have reached their steady-state, but certainly not all of them. Does this make sense?
Well, in my report some countries may have reached their steady-state, but certainly not all of them. Does this make sense?
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If the majority haven't reached steady-state then it loosely makes sense, but in a precise scientific or mathematical context I would argue that it doesn't. If you have fifty swans, thirty black and twenty white, does it make sense to say that on average they are black?
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Is "This suggests that most developing countries have not yet reached their steady-state growth path." better?
Do I need a comma?
Do I need a comma?
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PvunderinkIs "This suggests that most developing countries have not yet reached their steady-state growth path." better?Do I need a comma?If that's the case then yes, that seems better. No comma needed.
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