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Sandy Ho Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
'it' bothers me.
Hi, there
The current rate of growth is actually pretty anaemic, amounting to no better than a return to the long-term trend. After the depths plumbed in the recession (GDP fell by 3.5% in 2009), many hoped for a more impressive bounce-back. But the damage done to individual balance-sheets is still weighing down on the recovery. Nor is that recovery generating new jobs at anything like the rate it needs to if it is to put a serious dent in unemployment and get demand moving again. America’s robust population growth means that employment has to rise by around 100,000 jobs a month merely to keep pace with the expanding labour force.
This is from here :
http://www.economist.com/node/21541841
The 'it' I highlighted doesn't make a reasonable sense to me. Please explain the sentence structure to me. I thought it would be OK if I leave out the said 'it'.
Also I want to know that the underlined 'rate' refers to rate of GDP growth or unemployment rate
Thank you in advance!
The current rate of growth is actually pretty anaemic, amounting to no better than a return to the long-term trend. After the depths plumbed in the recession (GDP fell by 3.5% in 2009), many hoped for a more impressive bounce-back. But the damage done to individual balance-sheets is still weighing down on the recovery. Nor is that recovery generating new jobs at anything like the rate it needs to if it is to put a serious dent in unemployment and get demand moving again. America’s robust population growth means that employment has to rise by around 100,000 jobs a month merely to keep pace with the expanding labour force.
This is from here :
http://www.economist.com/node/21541841
The 'it' I highlighted doesn't make a reasonable sense to me. Please explain the sentence structure to me. I thought it would be OK if I leave out the said 'it'.
Also I want to know that the underlined 'rate' refers to rate of GDP growth or unemployment rate
Thank you in advance!
Top answer
'It' = the recovery. The word is necessary in the sentence. 'rate' = rate/speed of recovery.
- 'It' = the recovery.
- The word is necessary in the sentence.
- 'rate' = rate/speed of recovery.
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'It' = the recovery. The word is necessary in the sentence.
'rate' = rate/speed of recovery.
'rate' = rate/speed of recovery.
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I'm sorry, I still didn't catch up.
Please show me what it would be like if we don't use the inverted sectence structrue of 'Nor is...'. Then let me think about it again.
Please show me what it would be like if we don't use the inverted sectence structrue of 'Nor is...'. Then let me think about it again.
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Well, I comprehend this sentence as:
[recovery generating new jobs at anything] still isn't like [the rate that it needs to] if it is to put a
serious dent in unemployment and get demand moving again.
Am I getting close to the sentence structure? a little help needed here. Thanks
[recovery generating new jobs at anything] still isn't like [the rate that it needs to] if it is to put a
serious dent in unemployment and get demand moving again.
Am I getting close to the sentence structure? a little help needed here. Thanks
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Right!
[recovery generating new jobs at anything] still isn't like [the rate that it needs to be] if it is to put a
serious dent in unemployment and get demand moving again.
[recovery generating new jobs at anything] still isn't like [the rate that it needs to be] if it is to put a
serious dent in unemployment and get demand moving again.
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