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Vocabulary

Gains have been going to the top 1 percent

Another word for "have been going"? It's hard for me to understand thanks

Almost all the economic gains have been going to the top 1 percent so-called right-to-work laws

  

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Consider this simpler example. Mary has been playing cards all evening. She has won every game.

  • Consider this simpler example.
  • Mary has been playing cards all evening.
  • She has won every game.
  • All the money has been going to her .
  • gains means money gained.
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Consider this simpler example.

Mary has been playing cards all evening. She has won every game.

All the money has been going to her.

gains means money gained.


There's something not right about the last part of your sentence. Did you type it correctly? Gains go to people, not to laws.

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You misheard. He said this.


Almost all the economic gains have been going to the top 1 percent. This means the top 1 percent of people, ie the wealthy people.

Then he starts a new sentence. So-called right-to-work laws . . . .

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