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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Proportions
Our victory might not have reached landslide proportions, but it is sweet nonetheless.
Is the meaning of proportions here close to 'size' or 'scale'?
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LiJ
Is the meaning of proportions here close to 'size' or 'scale'?
Thanks
LiJ
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Exactly! " Kinda disappointing when you think of the technical meaning. Still, you might say in your example there's an element of "in relation to," as it seems to evoke the history of elections in which the term, "landslide" has been applied.
- Exactly!
- " Kinda disappointing when you think of the technical meaning.
- Still, you might say in your example there's an element of "in relation to," as it seems to evoke the history of elections in which the term, "landslide" has been applied.
- I think you could generally say when it's in the plural it refers to size and measurements.
- Proportion in the singular would refer to the ratio of one measurement (or quantity) to another.
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Exactly! Or, "measurements." Kinda disappointing when you think of the technical meaning.
Still, you might say in your example there's an element of "in relation to," as it seems to evoke the history of elections in which the term, "landslide" has been applied.
I think you could generally say when it's in the plural it refers to size and measurements. Proportion in the singula
Still, you might say in your example there's an element of "in relation to," as it seems to evoke the history of elections in which the term, "landslide" has been applied.
I think you could generally say when it's in the plural it refers to size and measurements. Proportion in the singula
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