May I know which one is more appropriate?
(1)The original budget constraint is shown below.
(2) The original budget constraint is shown as below.
(3) The original budget constraint is shown as the figure below.
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Hi, Joshua,
You can use (1) or (4) or (5) below:
(4) The original budget constraint is as shown below.
(5) The original budget constraint is (as) shown in the figure below.
May I know what is the difference between (1) and (4)?
Is the "(as)" indicating we can omit it or add it in the sentence?
@joshua posted:May I know what is the difference between (1) and (4)?
Is the "(as)" indicating we can omit it or add it in the sentence?
"As" is optional. There is not much difference between using and omitting it. I think "as" sounds more idiomatic, while it will be omitted immediately after a noun if the participle refers to the noun:
- The original budget constraint is (as) shown in the diagram shown below. (I do not recommend repeating "shown" — I'm only using it twice for pedagogical reasons.)