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Grammar

Population in the three cities

"In each city the predicted figures were consistently higher than the actual population figures."

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"In each city the predicted figure was consistently higher than the actual population figure."

Which sentence above is the correct one?

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Top answer

1- Use "figure was" since each city has one population figure at any one time. 2- Take out consistently.

  • 1- Use "figure was" since each city has one population figure at any one time.
  • 2- Take out consistently.
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1- Use "figure was" since each city has one population figure at any one time.

2- Take out consistently.

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