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05 Sep 2007 Wed 02:54 pm |
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Tahnk you in advance,
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05 Sep 2007 Wed 03:38 pm |
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Quoting pagliaccio: 'X's long-term forecast was lower at around 600m t/y.'
'lower' and 'at' confuse me! Please help. Can anyone re-write this by changing the order?
Tahnk you in advance, |
This is fine.
'X's long-term forecast was lower at around 600m t/y.'
The 'lower at' is OK, just means the X's long-term forcast was lower (than Y's forecast) at ...........
or it is lower than a previous year or month
It assumes the reader knows what the forecast is lower than. It is probably stated somewhere else in the text, maybe in the previous sentance or paragraph.
Hope this makes sense to you.
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05 Sep 2007 Wed 03:44 pm |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting pagliaccio: 'X's long-term forecast was lower at around 600m t/y.'
'lower' and 'at' confuse me! Please help. Can anyone re-write this by changing the order?
Tahnk you in advance, |
This is fine.
'X's long-term forecast was lower at around 600m t/y.'
The 'lower at' is OK, just means the X's long-term forcast was lower (than Y's forecast) at ...........
or it is lower than a previous year or month
It assumes the reader knows what the forecast is lower than. It is probably stated somewhere else in the text, maybe in the previous sentance or paragraph.
Hope this makes sense to you. |
I'd think it makes more sense if you'd look at "at around" as one, and not "lower at".
'X's long-term forecast was lower [than Y's long-term forecast] at around 600m t/y.'
If I understand it correctly, "at around" means "approximately" here.
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05 Sep 2007 Wed 06:33 pm |
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Libralady and gümüş - thank you both so much for your kindly help. I did appreciate both of your help.
gümüş - Don't misunderstand me, please, but only "around" means "approximately" in that context. 
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05 Sep 2007 Wed 07:29 pm |
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Quoting pagliaccio: only "around" means "approximately" in that context. |
Of course you are right. Careless copy-pasting of my part, sorry.
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