Timeline for Describing quantitative change in print. Which to mention first, initial or current value?
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| Apr 25, 2022 at 22:33 | comment | added | user451722 | If Zan700 has a reference to support "has been found to facilitate" it would be useful. | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 22:27 | history | edited | user451722 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 25, 2022 at 3:40 | comment | added | suse | I agree with @Zan700. Intuitively a "from to to" style makes for smoother reading and comprehension. | |
| Apr 25, 2022 at 2:26 | comment | added | Zan700 | If "from to to" has been found to facilitate reading (constructing a model) that would override style sheet fashion. | |
| Apr 24, 2022 at 22:42 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | Chronology has the great advantage of logic. Don't need respectively here: For breakfast, lunch, and dinner I'm partial to a bagel with coffee, soup and sandwich, and a plate of cooked food with herbal tea and cookies. | |
| Apr 24, 2022 at 22:14 | comment | added | Xanne | I recall reading that the WSJ style sheet calls for the most recent value first. Style sheets of course change. | |
| Apr 24, 2022 at 21:55 | history | edited | user451722 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 24, 2022 at 21:25 | comment | added | Lambie | What, pray tell, is a cognitive analysis?? | |
| Apr 24, 2022 at 20:46 | comment | added | Hot Licks | The choice is often based on what the writer wishes to emphasize. | |
| Apr 24, 2022 at 20:41 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 24, 2022 at 20:17 | comment | added | John Lawler | English provides multiple ways to express both orders, and there's also statistics and graphics. There is no standard -- you use what you think will work. | |
| S Apr 24, 2022 at 20:01 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Apr 24, 2022 at 20:01 | history | asked | user451722 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |