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Help me with this plz GDP per capita is nearly 24 times bigger (than in 1950s) in 2008. How should one describe this situation properly?!
May 9, 2016 12:30 PM
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"The GDP per capita in 2008 was nearly 24 times larger than it was in the 1950s." Anything similar to that will work. However, for correct grammar, you need to add "than it was in" or something like that before 1950s. "The GDP per capita in 2008 was nearly 24 times larger than in the 1950s" is technically wrong because the comparison is between GDP in 2008 (noun) and "in the 1950s" (time). You need to have a similar comparison (noun to noun) so "The GDP per capita in 2008 was nearly 24 times larger than it was in the 1950s" compares 2008 GDP to 1950s GDP. Most people don't speak like this but it's technically wrong and something that's tested on in the writing/grammar sections of the SATs and similar tests.
May 10, 2016
The GDP per capita ( of South Korea) in 2008 was nearly 24 times bigger than in the 1950s.
May 9, 2016
ohhhhhh Thank you !! ^0^
May 9, 2016
Just use the same words in a slightly different order. (Bigger can be included or not. Better without it.) I'd write: GDP per capita in 2008 was nearly 24 times what it was in the 1950s. But ok: GDP per capita is nearly 24 times bigger in 2008 than in the 1950s.
May 9, 2016
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