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Ahn Posted 19 years ago
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Check this sentence, please.

1b00First, with elementary education (being) developed, most of the advanced countries in Europe introduced a compulsory elementary education system 01font01u00through which02u00 the history of their countries and national traditions were infused into the children.02font02b00 02br
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00I'd like to know if the green part is natural and if 'being' should be inserted between 'education' and 'developed'.0-
  

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0 Without "being", the educational system has been finalised, but subsequently the countries brought in a system with the specific aim of instilling history and traditions.02br
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00With "being", there is an ongoing development in elementary education, of which the system becomes a part.02br
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0Thanks,Feebs11. I understand.02br
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00The reason I used 'infused' is that I'm explaining the idea of Hobsbawm, a historian, whose view on tradition is somewhat negative , insisting that tradition was just invented artificially on purpose to decieve the people. So I should express the nuance.0-
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0 01b00Instil 02b00would be preferable to01b00 infuse02b0-
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0Thanks. I corrected it.0-
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