More than half recorded average yearly growth rates

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VOA Report --------Many of the fifty countries rated as least developed have had strong economic growth in recent years. More than half recorded average yearly growth rates of four percent or more between two thousand and two thousand four. The report notes the effects of economic reforms, and the gains that oil producing countries have made from high oil prices.

More than half recorded average yearly growth rates of four percent or more between two thousand and two thousand four. ---------Is it a sentence or a phrase? I don't understand it.

Rishonly · Accepted Answer

Hi Flora Tang,

It is a complete sentence, not a phrase, and the sentence has its subject, verb and object.

"More than half"--> More than half of the countries mentioned earlier. [Subject]

"recorded" -->[verb]

"growth rates" --> [object].

Milky · Answer

Flora TangVOA Report --------Many of the fifty countries rated as least developed have had strong economic growth in recent years. More than half recorded average yearly growth rates of four percent or more between two thousand and two thousand four. The report notes the effects of economic reforms, and the gains that oil producing countries have made from high oil prices.

More than half recorded average yearly growth rates of four percent or more between two thousand and two thousand four. ---------Is it a sentence or a phrase? I don't understand it.

Yes, it's a sentence. The full meaning is:

More than half of the fifty countries mentioned in the previous sentence recorded average yearly growth rates of four percent or more between two thousand and two thousand four.

More than half recorded average yearly growth rates

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