QUESTION:
Is there a good reference on reading rates???
Milo
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In describing rates as part-whole ratios,
it seems that the part is often introduced by
1. "rate of" [ rate of deaths, rate of births, etc.] or
2. a modifier of "rate" [death rate, birth rate,etc.]
Using a relative clause seems feasible.
3a. rate of {part} who/which are due to {part}. [death rate due to guns].
3b. {part} rate who/which are {part} [death rate due to guns]
Now consider combinations of 1 & 2.
In some cases, the adjective does not indicate the part.
4a. a fixed/higher/growing rate of interest
4b. a nice/tiny/adequate rate of interest
In some case, the adjective indicates the part
while the rate of" phrases introduces a whole or a condition.
5a. death rate of males
5b. birth rate of young females
In some cases, the adjective indicates the whole
or condition, while the "rate of" introduces the part.
6a. males' rate of accidents
6b. teenage rate of pregnancies
In some cases, the adjective simply conditions:
7a. a commercial rate of interest
In some cases, we can get three different influences:
8a. the highest unemployment rate of the nation's 11 industrial states
8b. the high divorce rate of their parents generation
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