patran
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Dear teachers
I wrote an article about retirement investing, with the following sentence:
"Pension scheme members can earn higher return by investing in equity funds as compared to bond funds" - the editor of my company says "higher" can only be used when figures are compared in the context, and higher return is "Chinglish". As such, he changed it to "can earn high return".
However, I can find in a number of English media where "higher income", "higher growth" is used. Such as The Telegraph (below)
Five ways to retire with a higher income
Five ways to retire with a higher income - Telegraph
Would like to know if "higher income/earnings" can only be used for number comparision. And if such usage is Chinglish or not.
Regards
Anthony the learner
I wrote an article about retirement investing, with the following sentence:
"Pension scheme members can earn higher return by investing in equity funds as compared to bond funds" - the editor of my company says "higher" can only be used when figures are compared in the context, and higher return is "Chinglish". As such, he changed it to "can earn high return".
However, I can find in a number of English media where "higher income", "higher growth" is used. Such as The Telegraph (below)
Five ways to retire with a higher income
Five ways to retire with a higher income - Telegraph
Would like to know if "higher income/earnings" can only be used for number comparision. And if such usage is Chinglish or not.
Regards
Anthony the learner
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