Here are two sentences:
One Republican sent out a flier this week citing a 3.8-percent increase in the S & P 500 stock index since passage of the tax cuts in May .
One Republican flier cited a 3.8 percent increase in the S & P 500 stock index since passage of the tax cuts in May .
Do they have the same meaning?
Options are: (1). no. (2). yes.
(2).