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[jasonlulu_2000]

Mr. and Mrs. UK Average are throwing out the everyday and trading up to finer things in life. Consumers are declaring an end to all things ordinary.

i cannot figure out "the everyday and trading up to finer things in life". Could any native tell me the object of Verb phrase "throwing out"?

Thanks a million.

Jason

[lotus]

Hi jasonlulu_2000,

The everyday (object) is the ordinary. The average consumer is trading up -- from the ordinary things in life, to the finer things in life. Apparently, consumers are beginning to buy the more expensive items (finer things in life).



--lotus
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[jasonlulu_2000]

thanks