will be hardest hit

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The decision of the government to raise the prices of petroleum products will trigger / set off a series of effects on the prices of essential commodities and services. The burgeoning middle and lower-middle class people will be hardest hit by it.

Is there any mistake? Thanks

Mr Wordy · Accepted Answer

Looks largely OK to me. I'd probably go for "trigger".

I'd also write "The burgeoning middle and lower-middle classes will be...". "Burgeoning people" just sounds a tad odd.

Abil · Answer

Mr Wordy, I agree with you. Thanks for pointing it out.

Avangi · Answer

Hi Abil,

It's nice to hear about the middle classes burgeoning somewhere in the world. They're surely shriveling in my neck of the woods. - A.

Edit. BTW, I agree with Wordy. A burgeoning person might soon need to check in with his physician.

Abil · Answer

Mr. Avangi, the world is full of contradictions!

By the way, what is meant by "go for trigger" as Mr Wordy said in his post above? I looked up theh phrase in my Oxford Idioms Dictionary and went for a google search, but did not find the meaning.

Thanks

Mr Wordy · Answer

AbilBy the way, what is meant by "go for trigger" as Mr Wordy said in his post above? I looked up theh phrase in my Oxford Idioms Dictionary and went for a google search, but did not find the meaning.

If you type "go for" into http://www.onelook.com/ it finds quite a few dictionary hits. "Go for" can mean several different things, so you still need to trawl around and pick out the meaning that's appropriate here. But in this case it's handily listed in the right-hand panel: "have a fancy or particular liking or desire for".

Abil · Answer

Mr Wordy, honestly, I still cannot get a handle on the phrase.

Mr Wordy · Answer

Do you mean that you still don't understand what it means?

Or do you mean that you understand what it means, but you don't know why it should mean that?

New2grammar · Answer

Abil, it's a very common expression for "I prefer"
If someone asks you "Do you like plan A or B?", you could say "I'll go for plan A" or "I'll go with plan A"
If you do a Google search for the phrase, you'll find millions of hits.

Avangi · Answer

Hi Mr. Wordy, I very reluctantly mess with your rights of authorship. Re "have a fancy or particular liking or desire for" I believe it would be put, I go for hot fudge sundaes with lots of nuts and whipped cream, or, I could go for a nice cold beer right about now.

When I read, "I'd go for trigger," I got a different impression (unless we're thinking of Roy Rodgers' horse). When required to make a choice, on a quiz show or oral exam, I'd go for/with number two, or I go for/with number two, is appropriate, which means something like In my opinion the correct answer is number two. The "I'd" version seems most common when giving advice.

I'm just pointing out the two different senses (among several, as you say) which seem to be at play here.

But at this stage I realize I was not nearly reluctant enough in approaching this, and am obviously whizzing into the wind. I was going to suggest that you had no particular hankering for "trigger," but that was stupid of me. As I reread your post it becomes clear that you were in fact expressing a preference. (The "I'd" threw me off at first.) A thousand pardons! - A.

Abil · Answer

To be truly honest, some of your expressions are difficult for us, non-native speakers, to grasp at all. For example, I know what "go for" and "trigger" mean, when used separately,
but when these two are lumped together to express something, I find myself at a loss.

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