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Liveinjapan  #559630  Thu, 28 Aug 08 10:13 AM
Moreover, there is little evidence to suggest that the economy is substantially weakening.

 

Hi,

Does this mean the economy is generally soft?

 

  
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Vorpar  #559643  Thu, 28 Aug 08 10:39 AM
The whole sentence is saying that the economy does not seem to be getting weaker.
  
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Liveinjapan  #559714  Thu, 28 Aug 08 02:16 PM
 Thanks, Vopar.

I missed the word little, and now I understand the whole sentence.

As for the underlined part, the word substantially means generally, right?

  
Yoong Liat  #559784  Thu, 28 Aug 08 06:17 PM

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 Thanks, Vopar.

 

I missed the word little, and now I understand the whole sentence.

As for the underlined part, the word substantially means generally, right?

No, it means 'considerably'.
  
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Liveinjapan  #559882  Fri, 29 Aug 08 01:42 AM
Thanks, YL.

OK. Well, you mean, with or without context, the economy is substantially weakening can only mean it is considerably weakening? Or the meaning of substantially depends on the context?

  
Yoong Liat  #560198  Fri, 29 Aug 08 07:54 PM

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Thanks, YL.

 

OK. Well, you mean, with or without context, the economy is substantially weakening can only mean it is considerably weakening? Or the meaning of substantially depends on the context?

To me, they are synonyms.
  
Anonymous  #560200  Fri, 29 Aug 08 08:08 PM
Hi,
I hope this helps you. The economy cannot be soft. It can be unstabled. I think this is what your sentence means.


  
Grammar Geek  #560204  Fri, 29 Aug 08 08:17 PM

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Hi,
I hope this helps you. The economy cannot be soft. It can be unstabled. I think this is what your sentence means.


Actually, it's not uncommon to refer to a "softening" economy.

substantially = considerably = to large extent

 

  
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Liveinjapan  #560264  Sat, 30 Aug 08 01:31 AM
Thanks, everyone.

Understand.

  
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