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2:32 AM

Q: via survey or via a survey? Which one is grammatically correct?

I've found a similar topic related to "via the Internet", but I'm still wondering if you can use the phrase without a preposition - "via survey." I conducted primary research via survey. vs. I conducted primary research via a survey.

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AIQ

5:19 AM

If I write "the authors measure the redistributive effects of taxes (denoted by Rt) and transfers (denoted by Rb) as Rt=GT-GAT and Rb=GM-GT. " then should it be "as" or "by"?

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skullpatrol

8:27 AM

I would use "as" because you've used "by" twice already...

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@AIQ I go by "as"

@DevanshuKashyap In that you publish your work and have it critiqued by others? I'm afraid not

If you narrow down your focus, though, a question might be on-topic on ELU, Writing, or Linguistics

@AIQ That means that article was hardly a nice read

AIQ

@It'sOver I see I am correct then, wait ... I was correct but still not sure, so I wasn't really correct, but had a feeling or something ... Thanks, please!

@skullpatrol oh yes, thanks, I just noticed lol

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@AIQ I'm not in the nitpick mood, so I might be wrong about this, but I think both are correct

AIQ

to me, they both sound horrible - they don't fit well with the surrounding text. But I am not going to fret over them ... just wanted to confirm, ...

skullpatrol

"the authors measure the redistributive effects of taxes (denoted as Rt) and transfers (denoted as Rb) by Rt=GT-GAT and Rb=GM-GT. "

It's Over

8:40 AM

Meh, I'd go with the former version personally, but I'm not a byased person.

skullpatrol

"denoted by" is a lot more commonly used than "denoted as"

books.google.com/ngrams/…

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ColleenV parted ways

1:44 PM

The denoted isn’t needed at all... the redistributive effects of taxes ( Rt ) and of transfers ( Rb )...

userr2684291

2:02 PM

That's what I thought, too. Except without those spaces around parentheses (parentheticals).

@It'sOver I like it how that contains both by and as.

I wonder if there's any difference between redistributive effects and the redistributive effects. In my first language if I were to use to the singular, I'd be able to use both definite and indefinite adjectives there, with the former denoting a quality/property inherent to taxes, etc.

*were to use the

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ColleenV parted ways

3:14 PM

@userr2684291 I blame my mobile for my poor typography

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