19:21 Mar 4, 2007 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Bus/Financial - Finance (general) | |||||||
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3 +3 | pls see below |
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5 | yesterday they reported profits and increased sales |
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1st version Explanation: I think your first version makes more sense: XXX and YYY reported 1) profits that exceeded analysts’ estimates on consumer demand and 2) a larger volume of sales to emerging markets. The reason I wouldn't go for the 2nd version is because of the word "yesterday". I think it's unlikely that the 2 companies have both suddenly increased their sales to emerging markets in the course of one day. |
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pls see below Explanation: XXX and YYY reported profits yesterday that exceeded analysts’ estimates on consumer demand for new products and increased sales to emerging markets. = 1. analysts made some estimates a. they estimated consumer demand for new products b. they estimated increased sales to emerging markets. 2. yesterday XXX and YYY announced their profits, which were so great that estimates 1 a and 1 b were, in fact, exceeded. |
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