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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Does this mean anything? Is it correct to say 'raise in demographic demography?
There was a raise in demographic in this area since last year.
Maybe it's missing a word or two, maybe a raise in demography?
Thanks
There was a raise in demographic in this area since last year.
Maybe it's missing a word or two, maybe a raise in demography?
Thanks
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Hi You can use 'demographic' to mean a part of a population, but I would use 'rise' rather than 'raise'. So you could say: - There has been a rise in the fruit-buying demographic in this area since last year [= more people are now buying fruit] I would say that it is advertiser's jargon, but it is understandable Dave
- Hi You can use 'demographic' to mean a part of a population, but I would use 'rise' rather than 'raise'.
- So you could say: - There has been a rise in the fruit-buying demographic in this area since last year [= more people are now buying fruit] I would say that it is advertiser's jargon, but it is understandable Dave
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Hi
You can use 'demographic' to mean a part of a population, but I would use 'rise' rather than 'raise'. So you could say:
- There has been a rise in the fruit-buying demographic in this area since last year
[= more people are now buying fruit]
I would say that it is advertiser's jargon, but it is understandable
Dave
You can use 'demographic' to mean a part of a population, but I would use 'rise' rather than 'raise'. So you could say:
- There has been a rise in the fruit-buying demographic in this area since last year
[= more people are now buying fruit]
I would say that it is advertiser's jargon, but it is understandable
Dave
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