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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Could you check the flow of this sentence?

People who emphasize only what they can do should not be given an advantage in social life.
  

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It sounds odd to me. What is "what they can do" contrasted with? If this is a translation, I think some of the sense of it may have been lost.

— GPY

  • It sounds odd to me.
  • What is "what they can do" contrasted with?
  • If this is a translation, I think some of the sense of it may have been lost.
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It sounds odd to me. What is "what they can do" contrasted with?

If this is a translation, I think some of the sense of it may have been lost.
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teacherJapan People who emphasize only what they can do should not be given an advantage in social life.
The grammar is fine, but the message is not clear. What were you thinking of when you used the phrase "given an advantage in social life"? I ask because I don't know what that is intended to say. How do we give someone an advantage in social life? I don
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I see:) Thank you very much, both of you for your opinions. This is actually a translation exercise, the meaning of which seems unclear:( I'll make it more specific, ignoring the original:-)
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