http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningOfParagraphs/dhkkq/post.htm#288150Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:52:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288150Tung Quoc0http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningOfParagraphs/dhkkq/post.htm#288150http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-288150.xmlThanks teacher, Now if possible, please share with me your opinions about my questions. 1/ Do individuals mean Britist companies in general or persons in general? 2/ Do City money managers mean the persons who manage the money of the city or the persons who manage the money of the companies city ? If the latter is right, what companies? If neither is correct, what does it mean? 3/ I think: these institutions =building societies + insurers. How about you? Am I right? 4/stakes = interests? 5/ Do their pension funds and endowment plans mean the pension funds and endownment plans of these 2 institutions or of people? 6/ I dont understand so millions of people hold tiny stakes in companies through their...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningOfParagraphs/dhkkq/post.htm#288108Wed, 27 May 2009 06:52:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288108Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningOfParagraphs/dhkkq/post.htm#288108http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-288108.xmlin companies = in UK plc companies as per the thesis sentence ( The ownership of UK plc has changed dramatically in the past four decades )http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningOfParagraphs/dhkkq/post.htmFri, 27 Mar 2009 07:52:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288030Tung Quoc2http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningOfParagraphs/dhkkq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-288030.xmlPlease read: The ownership of UK plc has changed dramatically in the past four decades. In 1963, individuals owned more than 50 per cent of the market and overseas investors held just 7 per cent. By 2004, just over 14 per cent was owned directly by small shareholders, despite the privatisation programme of the Thatcher years and the demutualisation of building societies and insurers. Foreign holdings soared to nearly a third of the whole market, but the biggest chunk is controlled by City money managers . What people do not realise, according to the authors of a new book, is that these institutions are simply holding the assets on behalf of ordinary savers - so millions of people hold tiny stakes in companies through...