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I think the author meant that even if instead of a 57% drop it would have been a 57% increase.
by Strom 11y ago
I think the author meant that even if instead of a 57% drop it would have been a 57% increase.
- dao- 11y agoHmm, he wrote neither "instead" nor "wouldn't have been", so I'm having a hard time reading that sentence this way. I'm not a native speaker, though.
- Strom 11y agoHis wording could be clearer, but going by the principle of charity [1], having a slight grammar issue is more plausible than failing basic high school math. I could be wrong of course, weirder things have happened. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity