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Ahn Posted 19 years ago
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00<01b01i01font00New phases02font00 02i02b00 have come to light influencing the way of accumulations in capitalism01b00 :02b00 01b01i01font00the unification of market and production, explosive growth in information and communication technology, the emergence of new economy, and financialized economy02font02i02b00.>02br
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00I used colon for making examples for 'new phases'. So 'New phases = the unification of market and production ~~~~ and financilaized economy'02br
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00Can I use colon for this usage?02br
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00and If I can't use it, what would be the best way for expressing this in a simple way?0-
  

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0 I think you have a problem of presentation logic and I'd suggest somelike like that:02br 02br 01i 00The way accumulations proceed in capitalism is related to various 01b 00factors/causes02b 00, some of which have only recently been identified: 02br 02br 02i 00The 01b 00manner in which02b 00 accumulations proceed in capitalism is related to various 01b 00factors02b 00, some of which have only recently been identified: 0-

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  • 0 I think you have a problem of presentation logic and I'd suggest somelike like that:02br 02br 01i 00The way accumulations proceed in capitalism is related to various 01b 00factors/causes02b 00, some of which have only recently been identified: 02br 02br 02i 00The 01b 00manner in which02b 00 accumulations proceed in capitalism is related to various 01b 00factors02b 00, some of which have only recently been identified: 0-
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0 I think you have a problem of presentation logic and I'd suggest somelike like that:02br
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01i00The way accumulations proceed in capitalism is related to various 01b00factors/causes02b00, some of which have only recently been identified: 02br
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02i00The 01b00manner in which02b00 accumula
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0Hi Ahn,02br
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00Your use of the colon is okay, but the part that leads into it is hard to understand: New phases have come to light 01i00influencing the way of accumulations in capitalism02i01b00 02b02br
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00Are you saying that these phrases are what has the influence, or that they have been influenced by, crea
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0Hi, Grammaer Geek.02br
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00The 'new phases' are the subject 'influencing the way of accumulation in capitalism'.02br
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00and this is the sentence that I translated korean sentence into english. so i don't know exactily what is the 'accumulations in capitalism'. 02br
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00maybe the meaning of 'accumulations in capitalism' will b
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0 I don't think those are phases.02br
00 They are probably phenomena or factors. 0-
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0Ok, I didn't know the exact usage of phase. 02br
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00Phenomena will be nice. 0-
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0Okay - factors! That makes a lot more sense than phrases.02br
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01b01i01font00New factors 02font02i02b00have come to light that influence the way capital is accumulated01b00:02b00 01b01i01font00the unification of market and production,
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0Thanks for all your help. 05002br
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00Yes, the word 'financialized' is weird to me too. I couldn't find any other words for it. 05102br
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00oh, I just found the word 'financialization' in wikipedia.02br
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0 Strange - avoid it. 0-
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