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Mfholic Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

big country = big nation or big state?

0I read several sentences using the word 'country', I couldn't understand precisely its meaning in the context.02br
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  1. 01font00Ansel Adams's message was02font01font00 the grandeur of the "Big country - space for heart and imagination02font01font00," as he once said (Great Photographers, 1971, p. 214). Adams did not dwell on a solitary flower or a plowed field; there were no side trips into "little-things." On the contrary, he placed enormous vistas in his viewfinder and used his technical and artistic skills to let us appreciate each vista's size and greatness.02font02li
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  2. 01font00Montana is called "01font00Big 02font01font00Sky02font01font00 country02font00" due to its wide open expanses.02font02li
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0I am merely an English learner, at the same time an English teacher in Japan.02br
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00My opinion is in this context, `country` means `land` or `world`.02br
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01. I think in it the "Big country" insinuates or represents Mr. Adams's imaginary land -- however big or small the size, or how colorful the land might be. 02br
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002. In that sentence, Montana means a large state ???? with commensurate blue sky.02br
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002. In that sentence, Montana means a large state ???? with commensurate blue sky.02br
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01font00Did I use the adjective "commensurate" right? 02font00Yes. But it's often followed by 'with', eg the size of the state is commensurate with its blue sky.00 The u
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0As far as I understood, the place Ansel Adams called as "big country" is Yosemite National Park. "Big Sky Country" is a nickname for Montana State. The east part of Montana is a tableland so high and so flat that the sky looks very big.02br
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