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Sun 94 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

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Is the following structre correct grammatically?

The more gold supplies rise, the lower the gold price will be. or

The higher gold supplies go up, the lower the gold price will go.
  

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Hi, Is the following structre correct grammatically? Yes, but see my comments. The more gold supplies rise, the lower the gold price will be.

  • Hi, Is the following structre correct grammatically?
  • Yes, but see my comments.
  • The more gold supplies rise, the lower the gold price will be.
  • or The higher gold supplies go up, the lower the gold price will go.
  • 'Higher' and 'up' do not work well together here.
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Hi,

Is the following structre correct grammatically? Yes, but see my comments.

The more gold supplies rise, the lower the gold price will be. or

The higher gold supplies go up, the lower the gold price will go.

'Higher' and 'up' do not work well together here. There's a redundancy.



Also, it sounds a liittle odd to me to say that gold supplie
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My alternative:

The greater the gold supply, the lower its price will become.

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