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Kumenglish Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Fluctuating

The growth of the company has been fluctuating for the past three months.

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Is "fluctuating " appropriate here?

  

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To my mind, the idea of growth "fluctuating" is slightly problematic. Does it mean that the company has been growing continuously over three months, but at a varying rate, or does it mean that the company has been alternately growing and contracting? Also, three months seems a very short time over which to measure fluctuations or variations in a company's growth.

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To my mind, the idea of growth "fluctuating" is slightly problematic. Does it mean that the company has been growing continuously over three months, but at a varying rate, or does it mean that the company has been alternately growing and contracting? Also, three months seems a very short time over which to measure fluctuations or variations in a company's growth. Three months seems almost the