"...APEC to (further) facilitate economic growth..."

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Hi all,In 1989, Australia established APEC to facilitate economic growth and prosperity, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. In 1989, Australia established APEC to further facilitate economic growth and  prosperity, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific  region.Could you please tell me what is the possible difference between these two sentences? What does 'further' imply in the second version? Thank you. Best wishes,PBF

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

In 1989, Australia established APEC to facilitate economic growth and prosperity, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.

In 1989, Australia established APEC to further facilitate economic growth and prosperity, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.

Could you please tell me what is the possible difference between these two sentences? What does 'further' imply in the second version?

Consider the simple 'Mary cooked the meat'. Before she started, the meat was raw.

Now consider 'Mary further cooked the meat'. This means the meat had already been cooked for a while, but Mary decided to cook it some more.

It's the same idea with your examples. In #2, some facilitating has already been done before APEC was established.

Best wishes, Clive

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