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Langtraveler Posted 11 years ago
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capacity
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The historian is an individual being. Like other individuals, he is also a social phenomenon, both the product and the conscious or unconscious spokesman of the society to which he belongs; it is this capacity that he approaches the facts of the historical past.
I've known when capacity means a particular position, it is used with "in", such as, in his capacity. I wonder why it is correct to write "it is this capacity", not "it is in this capacity."
Thank you.
The historian is an individual being. Like other individuals, he is also a social phenomenon, both the product and the conscious or unconscious spokesman of the society to which he belongs; it is this capacity that he approaches the facts of the historical past.
I've known when capacity means a particular position, it is used with "in", such as, in his capacity. I wonder why it is correct to write "it is this capacity", not "it is in this capacity."
Thank you.
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langtraveler I've known when capacity means a particular position, it is used with "in", such as, in his capacity. Right. " It is not; it is an editing mistake.
- langtraveler I've known when capacity means a particular position, it is used with "in", such as, in his capacity.
- Right.
- " It is not; it is an editing mistake.
- Of course, 'it is this capacity' works in other structures.
- It is in this capacity that he approaches the facts of the historical past.
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langtravelerI've known when capacity means a particular position, it is used with "in", such as, in his capacity.Right.
langtravelerI wonder why it is correct to write "it is this capacity", not "it is in this capacity."It is not; it is an editing mistake.
Of course, 'it is this capacity' works in other structures
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