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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

repeatedly

Please correct this sentence:

These are repeatedly deficit generating enterprises.

Q

(My idea is the deficit repeats at this enterprise).
  

Top answer

Too many attributes in front of the noun. These are enterprises which are repeatedly in deficit. These are enterprises which show repeatedly a deficit.

  • Too many attributes in front of the noun.
  • These are enterprises which are repeatedly in deficit.
  • These are enterprises which show repeatedly a deficit.
  • These are enterprises which are repeatedly in the red.
  • (informal).
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8 Answers
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Too many attributes in front of the noun.

These are enterprises which are repeatedly in deficit.
These are enterprises which show repeatedly a deficit.
These are enterprises which are repeatedly in the red.
(informal).
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Thanks tecaher,

1/But: Is (1) correct?

These are repeatedly deficit generating enterprises. (1)

2/I intend to write: The repeatedly deficit generating enterprises account for 20%. (2)

Is (2) correct? If not, please correct (2)

3/ You wrote:

These are enterprises which show repeatedly a deficit. (3)

I think the correct sentence is:
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These are the enterprises which show a deficit repeatedly. (4)

only if you mean that these are all those enteprises, not if they are just some of them, as shows your original sentence.

You can have the adverbs in several places. Study that.

E.g. this is also possible:

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Hi,

Question one:

Why not a hyphen in it?Emotion: rolleyes

These are repeatedly deficit-
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Thanks teacher,

Now, again my questions:

1/ Is (1) correct?

These are repeatedly deficit generating enterprises. (1)

2/I intend to write: The repeatedly deficit generating enterprises account for 20%. (2)

Is (2) correct? If not, please correct (2)

Q
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(1) and (2) are not correct, I gave you alternatives, now it's your turn to understand them.

I'm finished here.
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Thanks, I know now they're not correct.

I also know now:

These are (the) enterprises which repeatedly show a deficit.

=These are (the) enterprises which show a deficit repeatedly.

=These are (the) enterprises which show repeatedly a deficit.(*)

although (*) is stange for me.
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You can use
post=show=report
in these 3 sentences.

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