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Catttt Posted 11 years ago
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a direct antithesis to the main clauses...
I have problem with the second part of the following paragraph. I hope someone can help me with it:
"The linguist Laura Wright has remarked that Wentworth’s hotographs
of incidental street life are the visual equivalent of the many expressions of meaning possible in the interjection ‘oh’. This is a direct antithesis to the main clauses and cascade of subordinate clauses that make up the grammar and syntax of scientific and rational thinking but ought to be regarded as quite as significant as an observation on the physical world."
Does "This is a direct antithesis..." is talking about Wentworth's photographs or the interjection ‘oh’?
Can you please explain what it wants to say? with an example please?
"The linguist Laura Wright has remarked that Wentworth’s hotographs
of incidental street life are the visual equivalent of the many expressions of meaning possible in the interjection ‘oh’. This is a direct antithesis to the main clauses and cascade of subordinate clauses that make up the grammar and syntax of scientific and rational thinking but ought to be regarded as quite as significant as an observation on the physical world."
Does "This is a direct antithesis..." is talking about Wentworth's photographs or the interjection ‘oh’?
Can you please explain what it wants to say? with an example please?
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" is talking about Wentworth's photographs or the interjection ‘oh’? The many meanings of 'Oh'. red apple Can you please explain what it wants to say?
- " is talking about Wentworth's photographs or the interjection ‘oh’?
- The many meanings of 'Oh'.
- red apple Can you please explain what it wants to say?
- The simple utterance 'Oh' is as linguistically complex as the complex structures of scientific writings, even though they appear to be quite opposite in complexity.
- red apple with an example please?
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red appleDoes "This is a direct antithesis..." is talking about Wentworth's photographs or the interjection ‘oh’?The many meanings of 'Oh'.
red appleCan you please explain what it wants to say?The simple utterance 'Oh' is as linguistically complex as the complex structures of scientific writings, even though they appear to
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oh, I got it! Now, I can understand what it wants to express. So, does"main clauses and cascade of subordinate clauses that make up the grammar and syntax of scientific and rational thinking" simply mean the grammar and syntax that dominates the world of science and rational thinking? (My request for an example was also in this regard, as I thought it may refer to somet
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red apple So, does"main clauses and cascade of subordinate clauses that make up the grammar and syntax of scientific and rational thinking" simply mean the grammar and syntax that dominates the world of science and rational thinking?That's how I read it, certainly.
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