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Ravinath Posted 11 years ago
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one fifth of its ?

Number of sales in 2000 = 100

Number of sales in 2015 = 20

"Number of sales decreased to one fifth of its original value in 2015"

Is this correct ? Is there any modifications to be made? Please help Emotion: smile
  

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You've got "in 2015" in the wrong place. The number of sales in 2015 decreased to one fifth of the original value in 2000.

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You've got "in 2015" in the wrong place.

The number of sales in 2015 decreased to one fifth of the original value in 2000.

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Got it now. Thank you Emotion: smile
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In addition, 'value' seems to me to be the wrong word choice for number of sales, and unless the company actually started selling in 2000, 'original' seems out of place; there is a simpler alternative:

The number of sales in 2015 decreased to one fifth of those in 2000.
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