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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject: again |
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1.The breakneck economic expansion, at over 11%, enjoyed by China in 2007 has been tempered somewhat this year by weaker than expected net export results, trimming forecasts for the year end to 9.6%.
2. He was a weaker than expected person.
3.The result was a stronger than expected one.
4.The team was beaten by a stronger than expected one.
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1.In #1, 'weaker than expected net export results' means 'net export results which was weaker than expected'?
2.Do #2 through #4 make sense?
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dragn
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1.The breakneck economic expansion, at over 11%, enjoyed by China in 2007 has been tempered somewhat this year by weaker than expected net export results, trimming forecasts for the year end to 9.6%.
2. He was a weaker than expected person.
3.The result was a stronger than expected one.
4.The team was beaten by a stronger than expected one.
1.In #1, 'weaker than expected net export results' means 'net export results which was weaker than expected'? |
Yes, except the results were weaker than expected.
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| 2.Do #2 through #4 make sense? |
Yes, except 2. sounds a little awkward, and it's hard to imagine a context where I would actually utter that sentence. Not wrong, just awkward.
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