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Is the sentece below correct? #1 (permalink) Mon Feb 06, 2012 14:20 pm   Is the sentece below correct?
 

The obvious tip about the price elasticity is the being high of absolute quantity of this elasticity about goods group of food.
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Is the sentece below correct? #2 (permalink) Mon Feb 06, 2012 14:55 pm   Is the sentece below correct?
 

It sounds strange, and I don't really understand what you are trying to say.
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Is the sentece below correct? #3 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 13:51 pm   Is the sentece below correct?
 

This text is related to economics.
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Is the sentece below correct? #4 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 14:01 pm   Is the sentece below correct?
 

Right, I understand that much, but the words in the sentence are combined in a peculiar way that is not natural in the English language. The closest I can get to a meaning is: "An obvious feature of price elasticity is that it is high for [the goods group of food]." However, I do not understand what "goods group of food" means, and it does not sound like correct English to me.
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Is the sentece below correct? #5 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 14:09 pm   Is the sentece below correct?
 

Thank you, I found that what are incorrect in my sentence. I think I should say " the food goods group" instead of " the good groups of food". These ( transportation and house group) are some kinds of goods group. for example; the costs of the food group is more than the costs of the transportation group.
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Is the sentece below correct? #6 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 15:33 pm   Is the sentece below correct?
 

"food goods group" does not sound natural to me. The whole idea of "goods group" does not sound natural to me. Is it possible that you are just talking about market sectors? You could say that price elasticity is high in the food sector (or food industry), for example. Similarly, you could talk about the housing sector or transport sector.
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Is the sentece below correct? #7 (permalink) Thu Feb 09, 2012 13:10 pm   Is the sentece below correct?
 

You're right Dozy, I think I must have read much more economic texts so that I could translate the Farsi text into the English more natural. Anyway, thank you very much Dozy.
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