zoezhuyan wrote:
avigutman ,AndrewN, MartyTargetTestPrep , RonTargetTestPrep
dear experts,
I can understand B is the correct , but I am not sure what's wrong with A,
in the passage:
despite huge IT investments, most notably in the service sectors, productivity stagnated.
Does it mean productivity did not increase?
appreciate your help.
thanks inadvance.
Hello,zoezhuyan . It has been a while. For some reason, your query came through the general Request Expert Reply portal, not through a mention. Also,RonTargetTestPrep is no longer linked with an account. All of that said, I am unsure what question you may be referencing at the top of your post. However, I will say thatstagnated in the context of the sentence you quoted does mean did notincrease . The word has a negative connotation, as though something bad or unforeseen has prevented a positive anticipated or potential outcome from occurring. Here, the huge ITinvestments would have been expected to lead to increased productivity, but that,
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