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Bookmark or Share- About 'mid-single digit(s)' and 'low single digits' - WordReference ForumsThis question is about the meanings of mid-single digit(s) ,low single digits and high single-digit. Here are the sentences they appeared in: 1,Last year,the industry was able to get increases in mid-single digits. Does 'mid-single digits' mean '5%'? 2,Carbonari said in an analysts'...
- low- to mid-50s / low to mid-50s? - WordReference ForumsWhich is the proper punctuation? 1. Temperatures are expected in the low-to-mid-50s. 2. Temperatures are expected in the low to mid-50s. 3. Temperatures are expected in the low to mid 50s. Or something else? Thank you.
- early/middle/late+month | WordReference ForumsEarly (month) and late (month) are fine, but it is more usual to say mid-(month) or the middle of (month). e.g. We close for the annual holiday from mid-August to mid-September (not sure if the hyphens are right, but I would use them with mid but not with early or late). Middle can also be used: e.g.
- Thigh man - WordReference ForumsAlso, the character was a student at a very prestigious preparatory school in the mid 1950s, so I doubt that a 'thigh man' in the sexual sense would not have been put in a school annual. p.s. MGArizona, you should definitely see the movie. It is wonderful and very much worth your time.
- "highs" and "lows" in weather forecasts - WordReference ForumsNo matter what the temperature does, there will still be a highest and lowest temperature. If the temperature drops all day, the high will have occured just after midnight when the day starts and the low will occur just before the next midnight when the day ends.
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