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Osee Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

There are no deductions like there are with an RRSP ...

Although there are no deductions like there are with an RRSP, your investment within the plan can grow tax free until it is withdrawn and all of the investment decisions are made by you.

I feel strange about the red part; if it's me, I would like to say: Although there are no deductions like those with an RRSP, ...

What do you say about this? Thanks.
  

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The original is idiomatic - quite common. Yours may be a bit higher register.

  • The original is idiomatic - quite common.
  • Yours may be a bit higher register.
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The original is idiomatic - quite common. Yours may be a bit higher register.
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Edit.

There's also a slight difference in meaning, come to think of it.

Your version could be taken to mean "There are no deductions of the type that exist with an RRSP,"

That is, there may be other types of deductions.

With the original, it may be taken to mean there are no deductions at all.

(Perhaps this is

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