there is also the unit of time which tho not mentioned below can change numbers
substantially.
Milo Schield wrote:
> QUESTION:
> Is there a good reference on reading rates???
> Milo
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 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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