Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bigger vs larger vs higher
English answer:
ever increasing
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mockingbird (X)
May 26, 2006 02:12
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mockingbird (X)
bigger vs larger vs higher
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Energy / Power Generation
Most of OPEC member countries rely by 70-90% on its foreign exchange revenues from the sales of oil and gas. Meanwhile, their economic growth goals requires BIGGER foreign exchange revenue year by year. The decline in the value of the US dollar against other currencies is also very disturbing as some of the purchasings are done in other currencies like euro and yen.
Which is the most appropriate one in the context above please? Thanks
Which is the most appropriate one in the context above please? Thanks
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| 4 +8 | ever increasing |
Roddy Stegemann
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| 5 +2 | higher |
Lubosh Hanuska
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+8
42 mins
Roddy Stegemann
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ever increasing
"their economic growth goals requires BIGGER foreign exchange revenue year by year"
Rewrite the above clause as
"their economic growth goals require ever increasing foreign exchange revenue"
By the way, there are other grammatical problems in the sentence with which you should be concerned.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-26 03:33:52 GMT)
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As an after thought, if you would like to retain the wording "year-by-year", which suggests that the increases were visible in annual reports, you could write: "their economic growth goals require ever increasing annual foreign exchange revenue"
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-05-26 07:43:48 GMT)
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As still another after thought, if you opt for the phrasing "annual foreign exchange revenue", then you may drop the word "ever" as the words "increasing" and "annual" capture the idea of ever upward.
Rewrite the above clause as
"their economic growth goals require ever increasing foreign exchange revenue"
By the way, there are other grammatical problems in the sentence with which you should be concerned.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-26 03:33:52 GMT)
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As an after thought, if you would like to retain the wording "year-by-year", which suggests that the increases were visible in annual reports, you could write: "their economic growth goals require ever increasing annual foreign exchange revenue"
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-05-26 07:43:48 GMT)
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As still another after thought, if you opt for the phrasing "annual foreign exchange revenue", then you may drop the word "ever" as the words "increasing" and "annual" capture the idea of ever upward.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks all"
+2
33 mins
Lubosh Hanuska
Australia
Australia
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English
Australia
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Works in: Slovak to English, Czech to English, English
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4
higher
There is nothing wrong with the way it is written. It depends on the nature of the target document. The text you presented seems to be a popular one, or an executive summary of a public report. If you are presenting to financial paper the word "higher" would be more suitable as it points to a direction of growth (up).
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jack Doughty
50 mins
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| agree |
Dave Calderhead
4 hrs
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| neutral |
Roddy Stegemann
: If you are referring only to the word in question and not the grammar of the sentence then I would agree. Unfortunately, good speakers of English do not write "goals requires" where I come from.
4 hrs
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