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Palinkasocsi Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Could anyone please reword this?

I came up with this sentence and seems a bit odd to me. Could anyone please reword it:

As can be seen, in contrast to what their authors claim, the most powerful theories of metaphor from the 1980s and 90s fail as all-encompassing, fully-fledged conceptions.

Thanks a lot.

Pal
  

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Hi, I came up with this sentence and seems a bit odd to me. Could anyone please reword it: As can be seen, in contrast to what their authors claim, the most powerful theories of metaphor from the 1980s and 90s fail as all-encompassing, fully-fledged conceptions. D oes the phrase 'as all-encompassing, fully-fledged conceptions' r eally add anything?

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  • Hi, I came up with this sentence and seems a bit odd to me.
  • Could anyone please reword it: As can be seen, in contrast to what their authors claim, the most powerful theories of metaphor from the 1980s and 90s fail as all-encompassing, fully-fledged conceptions.
  • D oes the phrase 'as all-encompassing, fully-fledged conceptions' r eally add anything?
  • I don't think so.
  • I suggest this, as simpler and clearer.
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Hi,

I came up with this sentence and seems a bit odd to me. Could anyone please reword it:

As can be seen, in contrast to what their authors claim, the most powerful theories of metaphor from the 1980s and 90s fail as all-encompassing, fully-fledged conceptions.

Does the phrase 'as all-encompassing,
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Hello, Pal.

It is always difficult to deal with isolated sentences when it comes to meaning. Most probably, the sentence makes sense in the context in which you found it.

In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with "as all-encompassing, fully-fledged conceptions." To me, it seems the theories in question failed in the aspect mentioned, but the sentence does not say or even imply a
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