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Help(please) Hi, there Could you help me? Please "He is the country manager in Brazil at the International Finance Corporation, the PRIVATE sector investment arm of the World Bank. He says that the nine states in Brazil's northeast together represented 28 per cent of Brazil’s population of 191m people as of 2010.", what does "as of 2010" mean? And is "private" referring to sector or arm?... Shouldn't it be hyphenated? "private-sector"? Thank you

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It looks like the word "private" refers to the "private sector," and not the "private . . . arm." I understand what you are saying about hyphenating "private sector" and you are correctly stating the general rule, but I don't think a native speaker would ever hyphenate "private sector," even in a case like this. "As of 2010" here means that the numbers that are being used here were true in 2010 and may or may not necessarily be accurate in 2017. I hope this helps you.
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"as of 2010" means that the data he is referring to was found in the year 2010. "private" is referring to the private sector and should not be hyphenated. Hope this helps!
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