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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Pronun 'it'.
Hi,
That's from the article 'Bankers, politicians and the people blamed for credit crisis' by Stephen Foley:
"In September 2008, Lehman Brothers toppled, sparking a panic that only the promise of government bailouts in numerous countries stopped. In the US, taxpayers have got their money back from Wall Street now, but the anger remains. The crisis exacerbated a recession and pushed unemployment to almost 10 per cent, and it is resisting all attempts to bring it down. What is much harder is the job of sorting out what factors contributed at each stage, what could have been done differently, and who should have acted."
I've got some trouble with the pronouns 'it' in the sentence : "The crisis exacerbated a recession and pushed unemployment to almost 10 per cent, and it is resisting all attempts to bring it down."
I understand that in the phrase 'to bring it down' 'it' substitutes 'unemployment' but I'm not sure what 'it' means in the clause 'it is resisting all attempts'. It seems that that 'it' means 'unemployment' as well. Am I right?
Thank you.
That's from the article 'Bankers, politicians and the people blamed for credit crisis' by Stephen Foley:
"In September 2008, Lehman Brothers toppled, sparking a panic that only the promise of government bailouts in numerous countries stopped. In the US, taxpayers have got their money back from Wall Street now, but the anger remains. The crisis exacerbated a recession and pushed unemployment to almost 10 per cent, and it is resisting all attempts to bring it down. What is much harder is the job of sorting out what factors contributed at each stage, what could have been done differently, and who should have acted."
I've got some trouble with the pronouns 'it' in the sentence : "The crisis exacerbated a recession and pushed unemployment to almost 10 per cent, and it is resisting all attempts to bring it down."
I understand that in the phrase 'to bring it down' 'it' substitutes 'unemployment' but I'm not sure what 'it' means in the clause 'it is resisting all attempts'. It seems that that 'it' means 'unemployment' as well. Am I right?
Thank you.
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I agree that "it" refers to "unemployment," simply by process of elimination (or common sense). " "And pushed unemployment to almost 10 per cent" describes the upward part of the cycle.
- I agree that "it" refers to "unemployment," simply by process of elimination (or common sense).
- " "And pushed unemployment to almost 10 per cent" describes the upward part of the cycle.
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I agree that "it" refers to "unemployment," simply by process of elimination (or common sense).
We don't speak of "bringing a recession down."
We don't speak of "bringing a recession down."
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