ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Substantially

Liveinjapan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:31:52 GMT

Thanks, everyone.

Understand.

Re: Substantially

Grammar Geek — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:17:24 GMT

Anonymous
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

Re: Substantially

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:08:35 GMT

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

Re: Substantially

Yoong Liat — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:54:27 GMT

Liveinjapan
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.

Re: Substantially

Liveinjapan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:42:58 GMT

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?

Re: Substantially

Yoong Liat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:17:41 GMT

Liveinjapan
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'.

Re: Substantially

Liveinjapan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:16:39 GMT

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?

Re: Substantially

Vorpar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:39:00 GMT

The whole sentence is saying that the economy does not seem to be getting weaker.

Substantially

Liveinjapan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:13:04 GMT

Moreover, there is little evidence to suggest that the economy is substantially weakening.

Hi,

Does this mean the economy is generally soft?