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Kunsusuki Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Are they correct?
Hi.
Are the following sentences correct? Thank you in advance.
There are ways of thinking about culture that leaves it an abstraction so general and vague that one can think the thought "culture" and still be unable to think about it.
At the very least, a proper understanding of it distinguish what in it is actually of and from the young and what is concocted for their consumption.
Are the following sentences correct? Thank you in advance.
There are ways of thinking about culture that leaves it an abstraction so general and vague that one can think the thought "culture" and still be unable to think about it.
At the very least, a proper understanding of it distinguish what in it is actually of and from the young and what is concocted for their consumption.
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In the first sentence "leaves" should be "leave" (to agree with "ways"). The English is otherwise OK, but "think about it" seems a little vague or contradictory to me. You seem to be essentially saying that some "ways of thinking about culture" actually do not constitute ways of thinking about culture.
- In the first sentence "leaves" should be "leave" (to agree with "ways").
- The English is otherwise OK, but "think about it" seems a little vague or contradictory to me.
- You seem to be essentially saying that some "ways of thinking about culture" actually do not constitute ways of thinking about culture.
- I think there should be a better or more precise way of saying what you mean.
- In the second sentence "distinguish" should be "distinguishes", but more importantly the words have got mixed up around "what in it is actually of and from", and I am not completely clear what you are trying to say.
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In the first sentence "leaves" should be "leave" (to agree with "ways"). The English is otherwise OK, but "think about it" seems a little vague or contradictory to me. You seem to be essentially saying that some "ways of thinking about culture" actually do not constitute ways of thinking about culture. I think there should be a better or more precise way of saying what you mean.
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kunsusukiThere are ways of thinking about culture that leaves it an abstraction so general and vague (...)Does the relative pronoun "that" refer to "ways of thinking" or "culture"?
What does the pronoun "it" refer to in that clause? Is it "thinking" or "culture"?
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AnonymousDoes the relative pronoun "that" refer to "ways of thinking" or "culture"?Must be "ways of thinking".
AnonymousWhat does the pronoun "it" refer to in that clause? Is it "thinking" or "culture"?Must be "culture".
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