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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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The markets promptly fell in a typical sulk. Having demanded a rate cut, they responded like a spoilt child who refuses to ride the Christmas unicycle for which it had irritatingly pined for months, and instead prefers to play with a half-chewed stick it found in the garden. The Government's desperate efforts to impose some discipline on the markets are failing, and it is now paying the price for its years of parental overindulgence. 

Is the hidden subject of the underlined part 'the markets'?

Does the first they refer to the markets?

Does it's refer to a spoilt child, which donates the first they?

Could the Christmas unicycle mean part of 'some discipline'?

Thanks.

  

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Liveinjapan The markets promptly fell in a typical sulk. Having demanded a rate cut, they responded like a spoilt child who refuses to ride the Christmas unicycle for which it had irritatingly pined for months, and instead prefers to play with a half-chewed stick it found in the garden. The Government's desperate efforts to impose some discipline on the markets are failing, and it is now paying the price for its years of parental overindulgence.

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  • Liveinjapan The markets promptly fell in a typical sulk.
  • Having demanded a rate cut, they responded like a spoilt child who refuses to ride the Christmas unicycle for which it had irritatingly pined for months, and instead prefers to play with a half-chewed stick it found in the garden.
  • The Government's desperate efforts to impose some discipline on the markets are failing, and it is now paying the price for its years of parental overindulgence.
  • Hi LiJ I'm afraid I don't understand all your questions but I'll give you some answers anyway.
  • Is the hidden subject of the underlined part 'the markets'?
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LiveinjapanThe markets promptly fell in a typical sulk. Having demanded a rate cut, they responded like a spoilt child who refuses to ride the Christmas unicycle for which it had irritatingly pined for months, and instead prefers to play with a half-chewed stick it found in the garden. The Government's desperate efforts to impose some discipline on the
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Is the hidden subject of the underlined part 'the markets'?-- Considering the given text, yes.
Does the first they refer to the markets?-- Considering the given text, yes.
Does it's refer to a spoilt child, which donates the first they?-- The first 2 'it's = spoilt child. The 3rd 'it' = Government. What do you mean by 'donate'?
Could the Christmas unicycle
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Thanks, CB and MrM.
Understand.

I made a mistake putting 'donate'.

I meant in this sentencce, the spoilt child means the markets. Right?
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The markets are compared to a spoilt child, yes.
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Thanks again, MrM.
Understand.
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