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Tung Quoc

#284559 Mon, 23 Oct 06 06:44 AM

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According to figures from HCMC Statistics Department in the firet 9 months of this year, the city industrial production continuously grew 11.3% in the second quarter over the first quarter and 2% in the third quarter over the second quarter. (1)

According to figures from HCMC Statistics Department in the firet 9 months of this year, the city industrial production has continuously grown 11.3% in the second quarter over the first quarter and 2% in the third quarter over the second quarter. (2)

What is the difference ion meaning btw (1) and (2)?If only (1) is correct, why?

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Clive

#284564 Mon, 23 Oct 06 06:55 AM

Hi,

According to figures from HCMC Statistics Department in the firet 9 months of this year, the city industrial production continuously grew 11.3% in the second quarter over the first quarter and 2% in the third quarter over the second quarter. (1)

According to figures from HCMC Statistics Department in the firet 9 months of this year, the city industrial production has continuously grown 11.3% in the second quarter over the first quarter and 2% in the third quarter over the second quarter. (2)

What is the difference ion meaning btw (1) and (2)?If only (1) is correct, why?

Assuming that the statistics are not immediately available at the end of the third quarter, all of this refers simply to facts about past events. Thus, only the simple past tense is appropriate.

Best wishes, Clive