2019년11월10일 43번

[사무영어]
Which English sentence is grammatically LEAST correct?

① 경제 성장률이 현재 4%에 머무르고 있다.→ Economic growth now stands at 4 percent.
② 우리는 3년간 흑자입니다.→ We have been in the red for three years.
③ 올해 순이익은 3천 4백만 달러에 달했다.→ Net income of this year was $34 million.
④ 파업으로 우리의 매출이 급감했다.→ Our profits fell sharply because of strikes.

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문제 해설

The least grammatically correct sentence is "We have been in the red for three years." This sentence implies that the company has been experiencing losses for the past three years, whereas the phrase "in the red" actually means that the company is operating at a loss currently. The correct phrase to use for the intended meaning would be "We have been operating at a loss for three years."

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