Pb03  +  463646 Sun, 13 Jan 08 02:32 PM Hello there, I don't understand the meaning of the sentence below, especially the underlined part. If there is anybody who knows the meaning, would you please explain some for me? Thanks a lot in advance~! pb ex) The government wants to halt the indexation of wages to inflation. Pb03 Joined on Tue, Apr 3 2007 Full Member 258

	Grammar Geek  +  463650 Sun, 13 Jan 08 02:41 PM The government wants to stop the way wages (what people are paid) are determined, which is currently based on the rate of inflation. If you need to understand inflation, you need to look that up separately. If inflation is high, the increase in wages is high. If inflaction is low, the increase in wages in low. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Tanit  +  463652 Sun, 13 Jan 08 02:43 PM  Pb03 wrote: The government wants to halt the indexation of wages to inflation. Hi! This is how I understand it: 1. inflation is a continuous increase in prices, and, more generally, in cost of life; 2. "indexation of wages to inflation" means that salaries grow when prices increase (by the same quantity). Eg: if prices rise by 2% per year, the same will happen to wages; 3. the whole sentence means that the government wants to put an end to this connection; as a result, prices and wages will increase or decrease independently. That's my opinion. Hope it makes sense. ---- EDIT: oh, I see Barbara has just answered. Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,040 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante)

	Grammar Geek  +  463663 Sun, 13 Jan 08 03:07 PM But you did a better job. Grammar Geek

	Tanit  +  463678 Sun, 13 Jan 08 03:25 PM Tanit