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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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is this sentence correct?

as can be seen from the table,the rate of those who owned car was recorded as 18 percent.
  

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A s can be seen from the table , t he rate of those who owned a car was recorded as 18 percent. Do you really need to say 'recorded as'? Without any context, the word 'rate' is not a good choice here.

— Clive

  • A s can be seen from the table , t he rate of those who owned a car was recorded as 18 percent.
  • Do you really need to say 'recorded as'?
  • Without any context, the word 'rate' is not a good choice here.
  • It needs to express the relationship between 'two things', and it also often is a value that can change over a period of time.
  • eg Kilometres per hour, eg Tax paid as a percentage of total income.
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As can be seen from the table, the rate of those who owned a car was recorded as 18 percent.
Do you really need to say 'recorded as'?

Without any con
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