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Afewminuteslate Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
What difference does the comma make?
Original version
A developing country
with an undervalued currency would have experienced
a substantial inflation, increasing its effective exchange
rate, which is not the case for China.
Version without comma
A developing country
with an undervalued currency would have experienced
a substantial inflation increasing its effective exchange
rate, which is not the case for China.
A developing country
with an undervalued currency would have experienced
a substantial inflation, increasing its effective exchange
rate, which is not the case for China.
Version without comma
A developing country
with an undervalued currency would have experienced
a substantial inflation increasing its effective exchange
rate, which is not the case for China.
Top answer
The comma slows it down.
- The comma slows it down.
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I thought it was meant to indicate that it is not the inflation that is "increasing the effective exchange rate", but the fact that "a developing country with an undervalued currency would have experienced a substantial inflation" that is "increasing the effective exchange rate."
Thank you.
Thank you.
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http://www.nbp.pl/publikacje/bank_i_kredyt/2007_08_09/bouveret.pdf
I don't know. Here's the full extract.
I don't know. Here's the full extract.
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