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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Proportianally vs comparatively
Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me whether "proportionally" ,in the below sentences, can be replaced with the adverb "comparatively"?
- Germany has proportionally more long-term unemployed than rival big economies.
-True "bacon" is the result of a cut of meat taken from the belly side of a pig. It has a proportionally high fat-to-meat ratio.
-Get out your globe. Now put a ruler on the surface and find 5cm. That's proportionally how high you'll be.
Thanks!
Could you tell me whether "proportionally" ,in the below sentences, can be replaced with the adverb "comparatively"?
- Germany has proportionally more long-term unemployed than rival big economies.
-True "bacon" is the result of a cut of meat taken from the belly side of a pig. It has a proportionally high fat-to-meat ratio.
-Get out your globe. Now put a ruler on the surface and find 5cm. That's proportionally how high you'll be.
Thanks!
Top answer
Generally, no. In the first sentence "comparatively" seems to makes the meaning less clear; in the second it slightly changes the meaning (though the word "proportionally" in the original seems unnecessary anyway since the ratio is the proportion); in the third it doesn't read properly to me.
- Generally, no.
- In the first sentence "comparatively" seems to makes the meaning less clear; in the second it slightly changes the meaning (though the word "proportionally" in the original seems unnecessary anyway since the ratio is the proportion); in the third it doesn't read properly to me.
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Generally, no. In the first sentence "comparatively" seems to makes the meaning less clear; in the second it slightly changes the meaning (though the word "proportionally" in the original seems unnecessary anyway since the ratio is the proportion); in the third it doesn't read properly to me.
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GPYIn the first sentence "comparatively" seems to makes the meaning less clear;So, what purpose does "proportionally" serves here? Does it mean "quantitatively" in the 1st sentence? If not, could you tell me what does it mean here?
Germany has quantitatively more long-term unemployed than rival big economies.(Is
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ilak12So, what purpose does "proportionally" serves here?It means that the ratio of long-term unemployed to "something else" is higher in Germany. The "something else" is probably total unemployed or total population. Without more explanation I don't think it is possible to be sure.
silak12Can I rewrite the second sentence thus-:T
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