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Bepleased Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

About [to be seen]

Hi,

In[It sounds a good idea, but it remains to be seen whether it will succeed.]

Could [to be seen] stand for [according to be seen to say]?

----Anything is described it must needs be that it can be seen.

no being seen, no description.

Thank you for your assistance.
  

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--Anything is described it must needs be that it can be seen. no being seen, no description. -- As usual, your English explanation makes no sense at all to me.

  • --Anything is described it must needs be that it can be seen.
  • no being seen, no description.
  • -- As usual, your English explanation makes no sense at all to me.
  • Would you like to try again with different words?
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Could [to be seen] stand for [according to be seen to say]?--Anything is described it must needs be that it can be seen.

no being seen, no description. -- As usual, your English explanation makes no sense at all to me. Would you like to try again with different words?
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Hi,

Thanks a lot Mister Micawber.

Sorry for my broken English to have given you so much trouble.

[to be seen]-----To see is to believe / Men trust their ear less than their eyes.
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[to be seen]--To see is to believe / Men trust their ear less than their eyes.-- No, your definition is included nowhere in that verb phrase, if that is what you think.

In your example, 'it remains to be seen' is a fixed phrase meaning 'it has not yet been proven; we do not yet know'.
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Hi,

Thanks a lot Mister Micawber.

the original [it remains to be seen]-----it remains a situation that should be seen / proven but not yet seen / that should be waiting for being seen / proven ;

Thank you I have got it.
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Hi Mister Micawber,

'it remains to be seen' is a fixed phrase meaning 'it has not yet been proven; we do not yet know'.

It has just dawn on me that [it remains to be seen] means [it is behind after to be seen], that is why you say [it has not yet been proven]




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[it is behind after to be seen] -- This means nothing in English, bepleased.
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Hi,

I try it again; [it remains to be seen] means [it before to be seen / it is earlier than to be seen].

the original definiton of [remain] in dictionary is [to stay or be left behind after others have gone, been lost];

So, it does remain ----it is in the place where others was before.

If others is proven, [it] is not yet proven.

So, it remains to be s
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it is earlier than to be seen -- I can agree with this one.
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Hi,

Thanks a lot Mister Micawber.

You always like the mirror to give your reflections on me.

At first, [behind after] confused me, but in a thought it is equal to [behind something finished] / before something finished / be earlier than something finished.

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