What I meant by "respectively" in the context below is that France has nine universities that are included in the list and Germany also has nine universities that are included in the list.
Context:
10 universities in the Netherlands, a country with some good higher education institutions, have made the list of the best 200 universities in the world, followed by France and German with nine universities respectively
2006-08-20 01:01:05 · 13 answers · asked by Verdi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No. It's wrong because 'respectively' must refer to two or more more separate facts. The following is correct:
"... , followed by France and Germany, each with nine universities."
If Germany had 8 universities, there would be two separate facts and you could write:
"... , followed by France and Germany with nine and eight universities respectively."
2006-08-20 16:32:06 · answer #1 · answered by Marakey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct word is "each" because the number 9 is common to all . "Respectively" would have been used if the number was variable. See this example:.... followed by France and Germany with 9 and 5 universities respectively.
2006-08-20 02:41:38 · answer #2 · answered by Ashok Pipal (India) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's wrong. "Respectively" can only be used when Germany and France would have different numbers of Universities who made the list. In this case these countries have both the same number and then "each" is correct.
2006-08-20 04:51:51 · answer #3 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Of The Word Respectively
2017-01-14 17:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer # 3 is correct since both France and Germany have 9 good higher-education institutions.
2006-08-20 08:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by Julie S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it looks fine.. but, i think it would be better if you used each instead of respectively, since both france and germany have the same number of universities included in the list..
2006-08-20 01:09:37 · answer #6 · answered by purplegallynne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word is placed awkwardly in the sentence, and actually doesn't make much sense used with "I don't plan". One would usually be "hopeful" about something one can't control, i.e. Hopefully he won't wait until the last minute to submit the assignment. I will, hopefully, get a response from them before I start my vacation.
2016-03-26 22:46:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the usage above.. it is used corrrectly
2006-08-20 03:15:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing wrong with that sentence - infact it sounds good.
2006-08-20 11:47:45 · answer #9 · answered by manorris3265 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep
2006-08-20 01:07:47 · answer #10 · answered by Tim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋