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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
What is the difference?
1. The number of supermarkets is growing rapidly.
2. Supermarkets are growing rapidly.
Are the two sentences the same in meaning? If not, what is the difference?
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Hi The first is good: there are more and more supermarkets. The second is a bit ambiguous because it may suggest that individual supermarkets are getting larger and larger. That may be true too but, of course, that's a different meaning Dave
- Hi The first is good: there are more and more supermarkets.
- The second is a bit ambiguous because it may suggest that individual supermarkets are getting larger and larger.
- That may be true too but, of course, that's a different meaning Dave
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Hi
The first is good: there are more and more supermarkets. The second is a bit ambiguous because it may suggest that individual supermarkets are getting larger and larger. That may be true too but, of course, that's a different meaning
Dave
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