At the onset by this contraint of a stunted perspective

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0 "As the island attained its own soverign statehood in 1980, much of its post-independence history would therefore be, by definition, comtemporary history, and any attempt to document the account of its stroy of nation-building would be immediately confronted 01b01font00at the onset by this contraint of a stunted perspective02font02b00. Would such an 01b01font00enterprise therefore be doomed 02font02b00from the start?"02br02br00What is the meaning for 01b01font00at the onset by this contraint of a stunted perspective 02font02b00and 01b01font00enterprise therefore be doomed? 02font02b00 0-

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

0 see meaning 2 here:02br
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00then put everything together and see the result0550230hrefhttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/onset231hrefhttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/enterprise232hrefhttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/doomed233hrefhttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/stunted244hrefhttp://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=constraint15id1

Jack1234 · Answer

0 01b01font00at the onset by this contraint of a stunted perspective02font02b00. 02br
00Simple sentence:02br
00At the beginning, it is already constrainted by ...(stunted means to hinder the normal growth, by I can't figure out how can it fit into the entire sentence, how can it be done?)02br
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00Would such an 01b01font00enterprise therefore be doomed02br
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00Would such an difficult project therefore be ...(doomed means destiny, again, I can't figure out how it can be fit into the entire sentence. Reason is02br
00if I interprete it as 01b00would such an difficult project therefore be a destiny02b00, it can be a good or bad destiny, in this case it is certainly be bad, but just destiny itself doesn't make sense to me.)02br
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Marius Hancu · Answer

0 This is an island with a short history after its independence. 02br
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00 The perspective we have over its01b00 past02b00 is short/stunted/limited, because contemporary history taken separately (by itself) allows only a short view (short-term view) in the 01b00past02b00, in this case only 20 or so years. 02br
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00 Thus the activity/enterprise of writing post-independence history would be quite limited, and probably subjected to failure (i.e. doomed.)0-

Jack1234 · Answer

0 Thanks, it makes a lot of sense:)02br
00However, what I can't understand is why the writing of history need to have the perspective for the future? Isn't it we just need to take down what was happened(ie. the fact)?0-

Marius Hancu · Answer

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01cite10Jack123412cite10Thanks, it makes a lot of sense:)12br
10However, what I can't understand is why the writing of history need to have the perspective for the future? Isn't it we just need to take down what was happened(ie. the fact)?12br
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10Right. Corrected my posting. 02br
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00>to take down what was happened02br
00 to 01b00write02b00 down what 01b00has02b00 happened0-

Jack1234 · Answer

0 Thanks, now it looks rational to me.02br
00By the way, may I know what is the incorrectness for "to write down what 01b00was02b00 happened" in the previous post?0-

Marius Hancu · Answer

0 present present: has happened (which is the case here)02br
00 simple past: happened (not: was happened)02br
00 Study those tenses. 0-

Jack1234 · Answer

0 I see, thanks:) I was so used to write 01b00what was happened02b00 before, now I knew it should be 01b00what happened02b00.0-

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