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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Spent taken up with

Hi.

What does 'spent taken up with' mean in:
"It may be the case that the smaller the proportion of income spent taken up with purchasing the good or service the more inelastic demand will be."?

Thanks in advance!
  

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It looks like an editing error to me. "

  • It looks like an editing error to me.
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It looks like an editing error to me.

It should be one of these:
"It may be the case that the smaller the proportion of income spent purchasing the good or service the more inelastic demand will be."
OR
"It may be the case that the smaller the proportion of income taken up with purchasing the good or servi

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