Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

in/to/for the economy

English answer:

the economic importance

Added to glossary by Dave Calderhead
Apr 24, 2008 12:28
16 yrs ago
English term

in/to/for

English Bus/Financial Economics Energy
From an economic text. It is a subtitle.

Which one should i use, and why?

The importance of the energy sector in the economy
The importance of the energy sector to the economy
The importance of the energy sector for the economy
Thanks
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Apr 26, 2008 07:40: Dave Calderhead Created KOG entry

Discussion

Victoria Porter-Burns Apr 24, 2008:
I agree with taylorreigne's points above. If in doubt, I'd go with 'to'.
Taylor Kirk Apr 24, 2008:
It depends. Scratch out "for". If you say "in the economy" it implies that the energy sector in general is a heavyweight, and if you say "to" it sounds like the way the energy sector performs really affects the way the economy performs...

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the economic importance

of the energy sector would be my take on this to avoid a misleading preposition as per refs below:

Welcome to IPPSO- [ Vertaal deze pagina ]Because of the economic importance of the energy sector, sustainable energy development is a significant component of the environmental industry sector, ...
www.appro.org/welcome.html

Report No. 19037-VN Fueling Vietnam's Development- New Challenges ...- [ Vertaal deze pagina ]The economic importance of the energy sector is reflected in the size of the main companies within it: Petrovietnam, Electricity of Vietnam, Vinacoal, ...www-wds.worldbank.org/.../WDSP/IB/1999/07/29/000094946_99033006071545/Rendered/INDEX/multi_page.txt

[PDF] Russia’s Energy Policy: Security Dimensions and Russia’s ...Bestandsformaat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Economic Importance of the Energy Sector for Russia. Russia is extremely dependent on the commodity and energy sectors for. its economic growth. ... www2.foi.se/rapp/foir1934.pdf

SEC Info - Maine Public Service Co - 10-K - For 12/31/98- [ Vertaal deze pagina ]Because of the size and economic importance of the energy sector, these restructuring efforts are unprecedented both in their scale and in the scope of ...
www.secinfo.com/d1S54.65.htm
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agree simon tanner
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agree PoveyTrans (X)
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to

As a subtitle, I think "to" works best. It focuses in on the energy sector and gives it more importance.
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