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victorycountry

#116957 Sun, 10 Jul 05 11:34 AM

Hi,

Say, in 1980s, the average height of women is about 150 cm, but in 2005, the average height of women is 160cm. In this case do you tend to use "increase" or "rise" to indicate the difference.

e.g. the average height of women has been risen about 10cm since 1980.

Is this correct expression?

Thanks in advance.

victorycountry

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paco2004

#116971 Sun, 10 Jul 05 12:44 PM

Hello

I'd say "The average height of women has increased by 10 cm since 1980"

paco

paco2004

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In Japan today even dogs are learning how to bow-wow in English.

comparision
not a comparision but magnification
it is about use of "that of " in comparision...
earlier or early

Some unsolved questions

pieanne

#117013 Sun, 10 Jul 05 04:00 PM

... or "has risen"

pieanne

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...