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Eunkum Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
past tense -gained
Please see below. Is the use of past tense (gained) in front of abnormal return right?
This study was significant to the field of the acquisition because it was designed to help organizations better know twenty percent of target shareholders gained abnormal return.
This study was significant to the field of the acquisition because it was designed to help organizations better know twenty percent of target shareholders gained abnormal return.
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There are many problems with this sentence. " "better know" is not grammatical. "target shareholder" does not make sense.
- There are many problems with this sentence.
- " "better know" is not grammatical.
- "target shareholder" does not make sense.
- It's not clear if those shareholders were at the top or bottom of the scale of returns: "twenty percent of the shareholders gained abnormally high returns" "twenty percent of the shareholders gained abnormally low returns"
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There are many problems with this sentence.
What is "field of the acquisition?"
"better know" is not grammatical.
"target shareholder" does not make sense.
It's not clear if those shareholders were at the top or bottom of the scale of returns:
"twenty percent of the shareholders gained abnormally high returns"
"twenty percent of the shareholders gained ab
What is "field of the acquisition?"
"better know" is not grammatical.
"target shareholder" does not make sense.
It's not clear if those shareholders were at the top or bottom of the scale of returns:
"twenty percent of the shareholders gained abnormally high returns"
"twenty percent of the shareholders gained ab
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