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please let us know the difference between

a) most frequent customer for rest of the world
b) most frequent customer from rest of the world
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Old 21-Sep-2004, 14:03
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a) would be used if the person were somehow representing the rest of the world, so it'sa unlikely. b) just distinguishes the rest of the world from an area already referred to or understood. BTW, shouldn't it be 'the rest of the world'?
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