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Pvunderink Posted 12 years ago
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Touched upon?

Can I use 'touched upon' as the words when I mean that some topics are not quantified in the database/ no variables exists?

"Secondly, despite the fact that the World Development Indicators-databank consist of 1,337 unique variables, there are still topics that have not been touched upon."
  

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Pvunderink Can I use ' not touched upon' as the words when I mean that some topics are not quantified in the database/ no variables exists? It sounds very wrong; 'touched upon' refers to discussion. Secondly, despite the fact that the World Development Indic ators dat abank consists of 1,337 unique variables, there are still topics that have not been included.

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  • Pvunderink Can I use ' not touched upon' as the words when I mean that some topics are not quantified in the database/ no variables exists?
  • It sounds very wrong; 'touched upon' refers to discussion.
  • Secondly, despite the fact that the World Development Indic ators dat abank consists of 1,337 unique variables, there are still topics that have not been included.
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PvunderinkCan I use 'not touched upon' as the words when I mean that some topics are not quantified in the database/ no variables exists?
It sounds very wrong; 'touched upon' refers to discussion.

Secondly, despite the fact that the World Development Indicators databank consists of 1,337 unique variables, there are still topics
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Oh, I didn't know. Thank you for the good explenation!
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