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Manomi Posted 18 years ago
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0 I don't understand well the phrase beginning with "be it" in the following sentence (in particular, the grammatical use of this "be it"). Is it showing examples of contextualisation of academic activity referred to in the previous phrase? Thanks a lot. 02 br
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00 "This means that they increasingly require people who are able to contextualise academic activity against fluctuations in the external environment, 01 b 01 font 00 be it 02 font 00 02 b 00 in relation to, for instance, schools outreach, regional business development or overseas campuses." 0-
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00 "This means that they increasingly require people who are able to contextualise academic activity against fluctuations in the external environment, 01 b 01 font 00 be it 02 font 00 02 b 00 in relation to, for instance, schools outreach, regional business development or overseas campuses." 0-
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0 = although it may be 02 br 02 br 00 Frankly, I'm amazed that that phrase is the only thing you don't understand: I have trouble understanding most of the sentence myself! 0-
- 0 = although it may be 02 br 02 br 00 Frankly, I'm amazed that that phrase is the only thing you don't understand: I have trouble understanding most of the sentence myself!
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00 Frankly, I'm amazed that that phrase is the only thing you don't understand: I have trouble understanding most of the sentence myself! 0-
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00 Frankly, I'm amazed that that phrase is the only thing you don't understand: I have trouble understanding most of the sentence myself! 0-
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0 Hi manomi. Welcome to the forums..Thanks for joining us! 02 br
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00 That's the 01 b 00 subjunctive mood 02 b 00 . You could say, "whether we're talking about, for instance, schools outreach, etc." 02 br
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00 It might be helpful to use the search function to look over some examples (upper right corner of the screen.) If you really hope t
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00 That's the 01 b 00 subjunctive mood 02 b 00 . You could say, "whether we're talking about, for instance, schools outreach, etc." 02 br
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00 It might be helpful to use the search function to look over some examples (upper right corner of the screen.) If you really hope t
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0 Hi, 02 br
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01 font 00 I don't understand well the phrase beginning with "be it" in the following sentence (in particular, the grammatical use of this "be it"). Is it showing examples of contextualisation of academic activity referred to in the previous phrase? 00 Yes, that's how I undrstand it, although I think it cold be more clearly worded. 0
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01 font 00 I don't understand well the phrase beginning with "be it" in the following sentence (in particular, the grammatical use of this "be it"). Is it showing examples of contextualisation of academic activity referred to in the previous phrase? 00 Yes, that's how I undrstand it, although I think it cold be more clearly worded. 0
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0 Dear Philip, Avangi, and Clive, 02 br
00 Thank you for all quick replies. 02 br
00 It's now totally clear to me. 02 br
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00 Manomi 0-
00 Thank you for all quick replies. 02 br
00 It's now totally clear to me. 02 br
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0 Speaking of "totally clear" I have to agree with Philip. I know this wasn't part of your question, but I had to imagine a comma after "people who are able," else the verb "require" has no object. It took me several readings to sort it out, and I'm still guessing at what it means. 0-
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0 It seems quite normatl that a sentence extracted from a long paragraph is difficult to understand. Sorry for this confusion. 02 br
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00 There should be no comma after "people who are able" because the object of the verbe "require" is "people". 02 br
00 For your clarification, in the sentence, the word "they" before "increasingly" refers to "universities" and the
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00 There should be no comma after "people who are able" because the object of the verbe "require" is "people". 02 br
00 For your clarification, in the sentence, the word "they" before "increasingly" refers to "universities" and the
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0 Ah yes. Now that you mention it, I can't imagine why I didn't try it that way. Thanks. 0-
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