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김성현 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

"The sales of" or "The sales for"

Dear teachers,

With reference to the following sentence:

"The sales of the credit card company are expected to grow by 10% every year."

Can I say "the sales for the credit card company are expected to grow by 10% every year." as well?

Thanks and best regards,

David Kim
  

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Can I say "the sales for the credit card company are expected to grow by 10% every year."? No.

"The sales of the credit card company are expected to grow by 10% every year." (This is correct.)
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???The sales of the credit card company
What do you mean by that? Can you give an example?
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Dear teechr,

What I want to say is as follows:

Credit Card Company's Sales Performance

2016: $100 million
2017: $110 million
2018: $121 million

=> The sales (performance) of the credit card company are forecast to grow by 10% per annum.

Thanks and best regards,

David Kim
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???The sales (performance) of the credit card company
That's still unclear. Do you mean how many cards they issue to new customers or how much profit they make.
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I mean how much profit the company will make.
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If you know the name of the company, then say e.g.,
MasterCard's profits are expected to grow by 10% annually for the next seven years.

If you don't know the name, try e.g.,
The credit card company's profits are expected to grow by 10% each year for the next decade.
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