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Tinanam0102 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
It had intended / It intended
Hi teachers,
As the global recession took hold, credit dried up and governments cut subsidies, most notably in Spain where the world's largest subsidy program blew up after spurring nearly 10 times the growth it had intended. When Spain capped it last year,....
1. Does "it" refer to "growth"?
2. Would you tell me why "it had intended" is needed and not "it intended"? Thank you.
Regards,
TN
As the global recession took hold, credit dried up and governments cut subsidies, most notably in Spain where the world's largest subsidy program blew up after spurring nearly 10 times the growth it had intended. When Spain capped it last year,....
1. Does "it" refer to "growth"?
2. Would you tell me why "it had intended" is needed and not "it intended"? Thank you.
Regards,
TN
Top answer
Hi Tinanam0102 You asked about the word "it", but you also underlined "it" twice, and "it" refers to different things in each case. Here is my opinion: "it had intended" it = the (Spanish) government The past perfect was used because the intention referred to is connected to the establishment of subsidies, and that preceded the actual growth as well as the subsequent cutting/capping of subsidies. ) "it" (the second one) It would have been easier to say what "it" refers to if you had included the rest of the sentence, but I guess that "it" probably refers to subsidies or the growth created by subsidy program.
- Hi Tinanam0102 You asked about the word "it", but you also underlined "it" twice, and "it" refers to different things in each case.
- Here is my opinion: "it had intended" it = the (Spanish) government The past perfect was used because the intention referred to is connected to the establishment of subsidies, and that preceded the actual growth as well as the subsequent cutting/capping of subsidies.
- ) "it" (the second one) It would have been easier to say what "it" refers to if you had included the rest of the sentence, but I guess that "it" probably refers to subsidies or the growth created by subsidy program.
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Hi Tinanam0102
You asked about the word "it", but you also underlined "it" twice, and "it" refers to different things in each case.
Here is my opinion:
"it had intended"
it = the (Spanish) government
The past perfect was used because the intention referred to is connected to the establishment of subsidies, and that preceded the actual growth as well as the subsequent
You asked about the word "it", but you also underlined "it" twice, and "it" refers to different things in each case.
Here is my opinion:
"it had intended"
it = the (Spanish) government
The past perfect was used because the intention referred to is connected to the establishment of subsidies, and that preceded the actual growth as well as the subsequent
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Hi Yankee,
Thank you for your help. This is the whole excerpt.
As the global recession took hold, credit dried up and governments cut subsidies, most notably in Spain where the world's largest subsidy program blew up after spurring nearly 10 times the growth it had intended. When Spain capped it last year, the world's second-biggest solar market col
Thank you for your help. This is the whole excerpt.
As the global recession took hold, credit dried up and governments cut subsidies, most notably in Spain where the world's largest subsidy program blew up after spurring nearly 10 times the growth it had intended. When Spain capped it last year, the world's second-biggest solar market col
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