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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Complement

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Is 'complement' used correctly in

In fact, the syntagmatic association of the signs in the Peirce three-fold, causes them to play the role of complement for each other and eventually provide multilayer meanings, and more correctly, a more complete sense of the predominant culture.
  

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It appears to be the correct word, as far as I can tell with imperfect understanding of the subject matter. However, "complement to each other" sounds better to me, or you could consider just saying "causes them to complement each other".. The comma after "three-fold" is incorrect and should be deleted.

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  • It appears to be the correct word, as far as I can tell with imperfect understanding of the subject matter.
  • However, "complement to each other" sounds better to me, or you could consider just saying "causes them to complement each other"..
  • The comma after "three-fold" is incorrect and should be deleted.
  • I think this is similar to some other errant commas in other posts.
  • ") It's not massively obvious to me why "a more complete sense of the predominant culture" is a more correct way of saying "multilayer meanings".
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It appears to be the correct word, as far as I can tell with imperfect understanding of the subject matter. However, "complement to each other" sounds better to me, or you could consider just saying "causes them to complement each other"..

The comma after "three-fold" is incorrect and should be deleted. I think this is similar to some other errant commas in other posts. It's always
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