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Amirmg Posted 21 years ago
Business & Finance
anything to go by
Hi all
Can anyone tell me what does "is anything to go by" in the text below means?
'And if the experience of earlier asian economic miracles like Japan ans South Korea is anything to go by China should Carry on growing at this hectic pace for another twenty or thirty years.'
thanks and with best wishes
amir
Can anyone tell me what does "is anything to go by" in the text below means?
'And if the experience of earlier asian economic miracles like Japan ans South Korea is anything to go by China should Carry on growing at this hectic pace for another twenty or thirty years.'
thanks and with best wishes
amir
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I think it means: it there is any way to follow, any example to copy, that is Japan's and South Korea's one
- I think it means: it there is any way to follow, any example to copy, that is Japan's and South Korea's one
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I think it means: it there is any way to follow, any example to copy, that is Japan's and South Korea's one
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'anything to go by' generally means 'if we take the previous example of'.
In this context we could rewrite the sentence as
'And if we take for example the experience of earlier asian economic miracles like Japan and South Korea, China should carry on growing at this hectic pace for another twenty or thirty years.'
In this context we could rewrite the sentence as
'And if we take for example the experience of earlier asian economic miracles like Japan and South Korea, China should carry on growing at this hectic pace for another twenty or thirty years.'
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