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On average/On the whole/As a whole
0 On average/On the whole/As a whole, the restaurant sells 150 hamburgers each day. 02 br
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 Do all of the phrases in bold fit in the above and mean about the same to you? Thanks. 0-
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 Do all of the phrases in bold fit in the above and mean about the same to you? Thanks. 0-
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0 They don't mean the same. 02 br 00 On the whole: has as one of its meanings "typically," but "typically" isn't "average," even though close. However, "on the whole" has other meanings which are predominant (look in a dictionary), and as a result I would not use it here.
- 0 They don't mean the same.
- 02 br 00 On the whole: has as one of its meanings "typically," but "typically" isn't "average," even though close.
- However, "on the whole" has other meanings which are predominant (look in a dictionary), and as a result I would not use it here.
- 02 br 00 As a whole: simply wrong.
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0 They don't mean the same. 02 br
00 On the whole: has as one of its meanings "typically," but "typically" isn't "average," even though close. However, "on the whole" has other meanings which are predominant (look in a dictionary), and as a result I would not use it here. 02 br
00 As a whole: simply wrong. 0-
00 On the whole: has as one of its meanings "typically," but "typically" isn't "average," even though close. However, "on the whole" has other meanings which are predominant (look in a dictionary), and as a result I would not use it here. 02 br
00 As a whole: simply wrong. 0-
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