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Sun 94 Posted 16 years ago
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Smaller or narrowed

I wonder if I can use got smaller or narrowed in the following sentence.

Over the time, the gap between men's and women's smoking rate got smaller/or narrowed.
  

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Yea I think both of them makes sense. Over time, the gap between men's and women's smoking rate got smaller/got narrower.

  • Yea I think both of them makes sense.
  • Over time, the gap between men's and women's smoking rate got smaller/got narrower.
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Yea I think both of them makes sense.

Over time, the gap between men's and women's smoking rate got smaller/got narrower.
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Hi,

I wonder if I can use got smaller or narrowed in the following sentence.

Over the time, the gap between men's and women's smoking rate got smaller/or narrowed.

We also often say that a gap 'lessens'.



I assume that the context defines what is meant by eg 'men's smoking rate',

For example, does it tell us what percenta

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