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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
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A tapestry

Experienced sportsmen seem aware of how big contests can begin to acquire a life of their own, a tapestry involving both those watching and those playing, become ebbing, flowing beasts with their own momentum.


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What does "tapestry" mean in the given context? and how can it be a countable noun?

  

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Jigneshbharati What does "tapestry" mean in the given context? network, system of interrelationships, system of interconnections The analogy is to the interrelationship of the horizontal and vertical threads that make up a woven tapestry. Jigneshbharati how can it be a countable noun?

  • Jigneshbharati What does "tapestry" mean in the given context?
  • network, system of interrelationships, system of interconnections The analogy is to the interrelationship of the horizontal and vertical threads that make up a woven tapestry.
  • Jigneshbharati how can it be a countable noun?
  • Because you can have more than one.
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JigneshbharatiWhat does "tapestry" mean in the given context?

network, system of interrelationships, system of interconnections

The analogy is to the interrelationship of the horizontal and vertical threads that make up a woven tapestry.

Jigneshbharatihow can it be a countable noun?

Because you can have more

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