Timeline for What does "to do so" refer to in the following sentence?
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| Aug 22, 2016 at 18:13 | vote | accept | comi | ||
| S Aug 22, 2016 at 15:11 | history | suggested | Kirti | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 22, 2016 at 14:06 | answer | added | Jay | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 14:02 | comment | added | TimR | To "form a backdrop to" something is to be a context for it. The ambiguities which "form the backdrop" to the debate are described in the original text in the paragraph that precedes your snippet. They relate to the failure of US institutions to address problems in its financial sector, and the resulting loss of confidence in those institutions as a model for other countries. | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 13:19 | comment | added | comi | @TRomano. Thank you for your guide. one more question: what do you think about the meaning of backdrop hear? I mean is it an accelerator for heated debates? | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 13:01 | comment | added | TimR | The original sentence is not clear, as there is no reference to an "attempt". One might have expected "did they try to fill in ..." We can understand "fill in" to mean "to compensate for" or "to take action in response to". | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 12:57 | comment | added | comi | @stangdon So, what that refers to here? | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 12:51 | comment | added | stangdon | So just means "that" here; you can read it as "...in the attempt to do (that thing)." Possibly useful previous questions: Meaning of "he does not do so", the usage of 'so' in ' it does so very slowly'' | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 12:43 | history | asked | comi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |