JKBelieve Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
i have a paragraph which i can't understand........
'The implied justification, for instance, in stripping the Australian Industrial Relations Commission of minimum wage arbitration is its over-generosity on awards and, therefore, its impediment to jobs growth. What, then, the lessons of the British Low Pay Commission - template for the foreshadowed Fair Pay Commission here - in delivering total pay rises of 37 per cent since its 1998 establishment, amid falling British unemployment?'
It is a rather long passage unfortunately but I only have two questions! ^^
1. shouldn't there be an 'an' in front of 'impediment' and behind 'its'?
2. 'What, then, the lessons of the British Low Pay Commission - template for the foreshadowed Fair Pay Commission here - in delivering total pay rises of 37 per cent since its 1998 establishment, amid falling British unemployment?' <== what is this sentence saying?
It is a rather long passage unfortunately but I only have two questions! ^^
1. shouldn't there be an 'an' in front of 'impediment' and behind 'its'?
2. 'What, then, the lessons of the British Low Pay Commission - template for the foreshadowed Fair Pay Commission here - in delivering total pay rises of 37 per cent since its 1998 establishment, amid falling British unemployment?' <== what is this sentence saying?
Top answer
Only for the first part of your post: no, because it's on the same level as "its over-generosity"; "its" is the possessive adjective here, not "it's". 'The implied justification, for instance, in stripping the Australian Industrial Relations Commission of minimum wage arbitration is its over-generosity on awards and, therefore, its impediment to jobs growth . '
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Only for the first part of your post: no, because it's on the same level as "its over-generosity"; "its" is the possessive adjective here, not "it's".
'The implied justification, for instance, in stripping the Australian Industrial Relations Commission of minimum wage arbitration is its over-generosity on awards and, therefore, its impedi
'The implied justification, for instance, in stripping the Australian Industrial Relations Commission of minimum wage arbitration is its over-generosity on awards and, therefore, its impedi
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