Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
figure difference or different figure?
English answer:
often come up with different results/ results often differ
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mockingbird (X)
Apr 21, 2005 03:24
19 yrs ago
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English term
mockingbird (X)
figure difference or different figure?
English
Bus/Financial
Economics
Are they interchangable in the context below?
The figure difference among auditors is a common thing occurring in the audit of financial statement.
The figure difference among auditors is a common thing occurring in the audit of financial statement.
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often come up with different results/ results often differ
Auditors often come up with different results during a financial audit
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Can Altinbay
: Mmm. Nice recast.
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thanks Can :-)
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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thanks Vicky :-)
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Refugio
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thanks Ruth!
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Robert Donahue (X)
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thanks Robert :-)
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juvera
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thanks Juvera!
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Shane London
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thanks Shane :-)
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Kim Metzger
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Hi Kim :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks"
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Can Altinbay
Native in English
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English
Mr. Meticulous
Native in: English 
, Japanese
Works in: Japanese to English, Turkish to English, English to Japanese, and 3 more.
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difference in figures/amounts
They are interchangeable in that neither is very good English.
One of my suggestions would be better.
"is a common thing" -> "is common"
The final "statement" must be plural.
One of my suggestions would be better.
"is a common thing" -> "is common"
The final "statement" must be plural.
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RHELLER
: better :-)
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Thanks, Rita. Yes, it's better, and we'll just leave it at that. :)
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Thanks, Vicky.
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