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Cengizyucel Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

An explanation for a phrase please!

Hi dears

Could you please help me in understanding the meaning of the phrase of "second, because the ceremony made a college commencement look hurried." in the context below.
Yours sincerely

Cengiz Yücel

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The initiation of a new candidate was tedious and time consuming on two counts: first, because it usually took years of tagalong status to become a full-fledged Thug, and second, because the ceremony made a college
commencement look hurried.

  

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cengizyucel second, because the ceremony made a college commencement look hurried. The joke is the fact that college commencement exercises are notoriously slow, drawn-out and boring. They last for hours and hours as each graduate walks on stage to receive their diploma.

  • cengizyucel second, because the ceremony made a college commencement look hurried.
  • The joke is the fact that college commencement exercises are notoriously slow, drawn-out and boring.
  • They last for hours and hours as each graduate walks on stage to receive their diploma.
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cengizyucelsecond, because the ceremony made a college commencement look hurried.

The joke is the fact that college commencement exercises are notoriously slow, drawn-out and boring. They last for hours and hours as each graduate walks on stage to receive their diploma.

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cengizyucelHi dears

This is not a natural way to use the highlighted word. Only learners of English use it that way.

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