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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Lost the election to the boys

Outnumbered two to one, the underrepresented girls lost the elections to the boys.
Outnumbered in the proportion of two to one, the underrepresented girls lost to the boys in the election.

Hi,
Does the second in the above sound right and mean about the same as the first one? Thanks.
  

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