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Tinanam0102 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
It / its / these / they
Hi teachers,
But the worst defect in the design of the EMU, we argued, was that it was uniting Europe's currencies but leaving its fiscal policies completely uncoordinated. There were, to be sure, "convergence criteria," which specified that a country could join only if its deficit was less than 3 percent of gross domestic product and its public debt was was less than 60 percent. But even when these were turned into a permanent set of fiscal rules in the Stability and Growth Pact, there was no obvious way they could be enforced.
1. Does "it" mean "EMU"?
2. Does "its" mean "EMU's"
3. Does "these" mean "convergence criteria"?
4. Does "they" mean "a permanent set of fiscal rules"?
Thank you.
Tinanam
But the worst defect in the design of the EMU, we argued, was that it was uniting Europe's currencies but leaving its fiscal policies completely uncoordinated. There were, to be sure, "convergence criteria," which specified that a country could join only if its deficit was less than 3 percent of gross domestic product and its public debt was was less than 60 percent. But even when these were turned into a permanent set of fiscal rules in the Stability and Growth Pact, there was no obvious way they could be enforced.
1. Does "it" mean "EMU"?
2. Does "its" mean "EMU's"
3. Does "these" mean "convergence criteria"?
4. Does "they" mean "a permanent set of fiscal rules"?
Thank you.
Tinanam
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1. yes 2. no 3.
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- yes 2.
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- yes But the worst defect in the design of the EMU , we argued, was that it was uniting Europe 's currencies but leaving its fiscal policies completely uncoordinated.
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1. yes 2. no 3. yes 4. yes
But the worst defect in the design of the EMU, we argued, was that it was uniting Europe's currencies but leaving its fiscal policies completely unco
But the worst defect in the design of the EMU, we argued, was that it was uniting Europe's currencies but leaving its fiscal policies completely unco
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Hi CalifJim,
Thank you so much. I'm sorry I have yet few more questions.
"It" is a pronoun, it can be a it-clause according to my grammar book.
1. It is so hot today - Does "it" a pronoun of the weather?
2. I see a lot of sentences, like, "It seems to me that...." What does "It" here refer to? A pronoun.
3. In the text below, "it seemed a..." I
Thank you so much. I'm sorry I have yet few more questions.
"It" is a pronoun, it can be a it-clause according to my grammar book.
1. It is so hot today - Does "it" a pronoun of the weather?
2. I see a lot of sentences, like, "It seems to me that...." What does "It" here refer to? A pronoun.
3. In the text below, "it seemed a..." I
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