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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct grammer?

"...generating repeatable, sustainable Alpha in the emerging markets." the use of both "...repeatable, sustainable..." seems incorrcet but I certainly do not know the rules why? It sounds bad but is there a rule why it is bad?

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I wouldn't use both. You are not really breaking a rule it just sounds a bit pointless. Repeatable - to do more than once Sustainable - to be able to keep on doing?

  • I wouldn't use both.
  • You are not really breaking a rule it just sounds a bit pointless.
  • Repeatable - to do more than once Sustainable - to be able to keep on doing?
  • So it is the doubling of information that sounds odd.
  • However, I can't really follow the phrase properly without knowing what Alpha is.
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I wouldn't use both. You are not really breaking a rule it just sounds a bit pointless.

Repeatable - to do more than once

Sustainable - to be able to keep on doing?

So it is the doubling of information that sounds odd.

However, I can't really follow the phrase properly without knowing what Alpha is. I imagine there could be some things which could be desc
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I agree with Nona. Additionally, why not try?

. . . repeatedly generating sustainable Alpha in the emerging markets.

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