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Tinanam0102 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Both in culture and cuisine
Hi teachers,
Excerpts:
Lebanon has such diversity. [There are] mountains and sea, Occidental Oriental, Christian and Muslim, East and West.
It's a diversity that can lead to problems, catastrophes, and wars but also to richness, both in culture and cuisine."
1. I have seen "[...]" in essays a lot. What is it function? Why "there are" is in brackets?
2. Does "It's" mean "Lebanon is"
3. My understanding is not good, can you rewrite the second half of the sentence to make me understand? How diversity relate to "both in culture and cuisine".
Thank you.
Tinanam
Excerpts:
Lebanon has such diversity. [There are] mountains and sea, Occidental Oriental, Christian and Muslim, East and West.
It's a diversity that can lead to problems, catastrophes, and wars but also to richness, both in culture and cuisine."
1. I have seen "[...]" in essays a lot. What is it function? Why "there are" is in brackets?
2. Does "It's" mean "Lebanon is"
3. My understanding is not good, can you rewrite the second half of the sentence to make me understand? How diversity relate to "both in culture and cuisine".
Thank you.
Tinanam
Top answer
1. ] marks words that were not in the original but which have been added by the person quoting in order to preserve grammatical correctness in the new context. 2.
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- ] marks words that were not in the original but which have been added by the person quoting in order to preserve grammatical correctness in the new context.
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- No, "It's" means "This (diversity) that I've just mentioned is" 3.
- "It's a diversity that can lead to problems, catastrophes and wars, but also to richness.
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1. In quotations and excerpts, [...] marks words that were not in the original but which have been added by the person quoting in order to preserve grammatical correctness in the new context.
2. No, "It's" means "This (diversity) that I've just mentioned is"
3. "It's a diversity that can lead to problems, catastrophes and wars, but also to richness. This richness manifests itsel
2. No, "It's" means "This (diversity) that I've just mentioned is"
3. "It's a diversity that can lead to problems, catastrophes and wars, but also to richness. This richness manifests itsel
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Hi Mr. Wordy,
Thank you for your help.
1. Can this writer use (They are) instead of [They are]?
2. "It's a diversity that can lead to problems, catastrophes and wars, but also to richness. This richness manifests itself in the country's cuisine as well as in its more general culture."
Does that mean "both in culture and cuisine" is a reference to t
Thank you for your help.
1. Can this writer use (They are) instead of [They are]?
2. "It's a diversity that can lead to problems, catastrophes and wars, but also to richness. This richness manifests itself in the country's cuisine as well as in its more general culture."
Does that mean "both in culture and cuisine" is a reference to t
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tinanam01021. Can this writer use (They are) instead of [They are]?When adding or changing grammatical words in a quote (assuming this actually is the purpose here), it is standard to use square brackets [...].
tinanam0102Does that mean "both in culture and cuisine" is a reference to the preceding "richness", and not a reference to "p
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Hi Mr. Wordy,
Thank you for helping me understand the sentence.
Tinanam
Thank you for helping me understand the sentence.
Tinanam
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