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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A semicolon-encapsulated sentence
The fury of the bourgeoisie against this independent and omnipotent (because it was all—embracing) organisation of the oppressed; ethe fight, the unscrupulous, self—seeking and sordid fight, the bourgoisie waged against the Soviets; and, lastly, the overt participation of the bourgeoisie (from the Cadets to the Right Socialist—Revolutionaries, from Milyukov to Kerensky) in the Kornilov mutiny — all this paved the way for the formal exclusion of the bourgeoisie from the Soviets."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_(council)#cite_note-5
I'd like to know what role the underlined, semicolon-encapsulated sentence plays in the text.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know what role the underlined, semicolon-encapsulated sentence plays in the text.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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With all these dashes, brackets, semi-colons and odd-looking hyphens, this is poor English. Did Lenin write it in English or is it a translation? Consider this much-simplified version.
- With all these dashes, brackets, semi-colons and odd-looking hyphens, this is poor English.
- Did Lenin write it in English or is it a translation?
- Consider this much-simplified version.
- The fury; the fight; and the participation — this paved the way.
- This refers to the three things first mentioned.
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With all these dashes, brackets, semi-colons and odd-looking hyphens, this is poor English.
Did Lenin write it in English or is it a translation?
Consider this much-simplified version.
The fury; the fight; and the participation — this paved th
Did Lenin write it in English or is it a translation?
Consider this much-simplified version.
The fury; the fight; and the participation — this paved th
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Thank you Clive for your very helpful answer.
I'd also like to know how "the fight" relates to "the unscrupulous, self."
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I'd also like to know how "the fight" relates to "the unscrupulous, self."
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I'd also like to know how "the fight" relates to "the unscrupulous, self."
Or I'd also like to know what relation "the fight" has to "the unscrupulous, self."
You are misunderstanding because the apparent dash after 'self' should actually be a hyphen. The phrase should be read as
the fight, the unscrupulous, s
Or I'd also like to know what relation "the fight" has to "the unscrupulous, self."
You are misunderstanding because the apparent dash after 'self' should actually be a hyphen. The phrase should be read as
the fight, the unscrupulous, s
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