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xiaoma11881
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significantly vs. significant

by xiaoma11881 Sat May 28, 2011 3:51 am

significantly vs. significant
I know significantly is adv. and significant is adj, but I'm not sure whether there are some meaning differences between these two words.
Thank you for your answer!
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Re: significantly vs. significant

by george.kourdin Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:31 pm

off the top of my head - siginificantly would signify measure/size. synonym to that would be greatly. ex. firm X significantly reduced its head count = they cut a lot of people.

significant means important/relevant. these results are significant and are within the scope of our research. this variable is significant because it correlates highly with X.

maybe check thesaurus?
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Re: significantly vs. significant

by jnelson0612 Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:53 pm

I think that George has given you a good explanation, and do look up both words in a dictionary and thesaurus for more information.
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