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Blackcheetah Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

what is the author's expected number?

0The Japanese whaling fleet caught 551 minke whales -- more than a third less than its goal of 850.02br
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00So in the latter part, what number does the author want to compare with the number of 551 which is the amout of caught whales. please help me with paraphasing it. Thanks!0-
  

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02br 02br 00Their goal was 850. 02br 02br 00Put another way, if they caught a third less of their target of 850, they would have missed the target by 283. Instead they missed it by 299.

— BarbaraPA

  • 02br 02br 00Their goal was 850.
  • 02br 02br 00Put another way, if they caught a third less of their target of 850, they would have missed the target by 283.
  • Instead they missed it by 299.
  • "02br 02br 00If I weight 150 pounds and want to lose 15 pounds, that's 10% of my weight.
  • If I lose 17 pounds, I now weigh "more than 10%" less than I did before.
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0Oh, that's awkward!02br
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00Their goal was 850. If they caught EXACTLY a third less from that, they would have caught 2/3 of 850, or 567 (rounding up so we don't catch 2/3 of one whale).02br
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00Put another way, if they caught a third less of their target of 850, they would have missed the target by 283. Instead they missed it by 299. So they caugh
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0Thank you, GG02br
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00So according to your fashion, which meaning of "more" would you express usually in your words?0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Oh, that's awkward!12blockquote
10Understatement of the month! I'm glad somebody was able to explain it! It had me going in circles until I read your post. 05002br
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10Thank you, GG12br
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10So according to your fashion, which meaning of "more" would you express usually in your words?12br
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10Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I would re-write and say it's less than two-thirds of the
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