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“On Average” vs “The Average”
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)“the average person” vs “an average person”“an average of” vs “on average”“An” average of vs. “The” average ofin average? on average?Are the 'beautiful things' of life, the 'beautiful' of life?“Wise man” vs. “wise guy”The use of 'contract'What is the meaning of “Jane raised the lights.”The order of “twice” and “the”Is the phrase “endemic to the problem” correct?Is anybody else bothered by the phrase “in the meanwhile?”the usage of the word 'legitimate'What is the difference between “Average” and “Mediocre”
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I'm not sure if this might be a math question, but are the following phrases equivalent, or do they differ in nuance:
"___ group of people are X, on average"
"the average ___ person is X"
I found these questions examining the "an"/"the" nuance: " 'an' vs 'the' average of..." & " 'the' vs 'an' average person". But that doesn't transfer to "the/an" vs "on".
This one ('an' vs 'on' average) seemed similar, but something didn't quite sound right, to me, about the way those two statements were phrased; and there weren't any explanations; just suggested rephrasings.
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I'm not sure if this might be a math question, but are the following phrases equivalent, or do they differ in nuance:
"___ group of people are X, on average"
"the average ___ person is X"
I found these questions examining the "an"/"the" nuance: " 'an' vs 'the' average of..." & " 'the' vs 'an' average person". But that doesn't transfer to "the/an" vs "on".
This one ('an' vs 'on' average) seemed similar, but something didn't quite sound right, to me, about the way those two statements were phrased; and there weren't any explanations; just suggested rephrasings.
Thanks.
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I'm not sure if this might be a math question, but are the following phrases equivalent, or do they differ in nuance:
"___ group of people are X, on average"
"the average ___ person is X"
I found these questions examining the "an"/"the" nuance: " 'an' vs 'the' average of..." & " 'the' vs 'an' average person". But that doesn't transfer to "the/an" vs "on".
This one ('an' vs 'on' average) seemed similar, but something didn't quite sound right, to me, about the way those two statements were phrased; and there weren't any explanations; just suggested rephrasings.
Thanks.
usage
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I'm not sure if this might be a math question, but are the following phrases equivalent, or do they differ in nuance:
"___ group of people are X, on average"
"the average ___ person is X"
I found these questions examining the "an"/"the" nuance: " 'an' vs 'the' average of..." & " 'the' vs 'an' average person". But that doesn't transfer to "the/an" vs "on".
This one ('an' vs 'on' average) seemed similar, but something didn't quite sound right, to me, about the way those two statements were phrased; and there weren't any explanations; just suggested rephrasings.
Thanks.
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