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is there any mistake in this sentence especailly the last part of it, how to better put it? Thanksss Panasonic Electronics released its FY13 Q1 financial results on July 31. Net profit stood at JPY107.8 billion, a huge profit. "a huge profit" is correctly used here? i feel sth is lacking here ...

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"A huge profit" is fine grammatically, though it is editorializing a bit. If this was for a news article, we'd usually use AP style and compare with the same period the year before: "Panasonic Corp. released its first-quarter financial results on July 31. Net profit stood at 107.8 billion yen, a xx percent increase from the same period last year." But it would be better to start with the news of what the profit was or what the profit increase is: "Panasonic Corp's fourth quarter earnings rose/fell xx percent from a year ago, according to its latest financial report. The company reported earnings of 107.8 billion yen when it released its first-quarter financial results on July 31.
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"A huge profit" makes sense, but just sounds wrong. I would render the sentence as, "Panasonic Electronics released its FY13 Q1 financial results on July 31. Net profit stood at a whopping JPY107.8 billion.

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