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5 February
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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English (US)
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The economy will continue to grow ____ around eight percent over the next five years.
(A) at (B) in (C) for
The answer is C and I wonder why A is not good? Also, C is kinda weird for me.
The economy will continue to grow ____ around eight percent over the next five years.
(A) at (B) in (C) for
The answer is C and I wonder why A is not good? Also, C is kinda weird for me.
(A) at (B) in (C) for
The answer is C and I wonder why A is not good? Also, C is kinda weird for me.
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- English (US)
A is the only one that is correct.
If this is a test and they are telling you that C is the correct one, they are WRONG.
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
I am providing the whole article here (Q15). Both the answer and the recording go for "for" instead of "at", and I am totally confused.
- English (US)
they are wrong.
"At" should be used for the rate of change.
"To" should be used for the goal/destination.
"From" should be used for the starting point.
sometimes, textbooks get it wrong.
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- English (US)
when talking about rates and percentages, the only way "for" could be used would be in the form of "for a X return..." (aka expected results), or "for a period of..." (aka time constraints) or "for reasons we don't understand..." (aka causality/responsibility)
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
Thank you so much for clarifying the problem! That really helps!
- English (US)
@sunnyterrestrial @cornucopiadm1 Totally agree that it should be “at” and not “for”. I don’t think it’s a regional thing, either.
In natural spoken English there are only a few instances where “for” might be used with a percentage point:
✅ The clothes are on sale (for/at) 50% off.
Here you could say either “for” or “at”, but “at” sounds more natural.
✅ During the presentation, she just looked at her phone (for) 50% of the time.
“For” is optional here, but it sounds fine either way.
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
- English (US)
Agreeing with the other commenters here: "At" is correct. Alternatively, one does not need ANY preposition there. "The economy will continue to grow around eight percent..." is even more natural!
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