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Andrei Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Crawl in or crawl on
Pakistan's fashion models are slowly managing to crawl on to international catwalks and into overseas magazines.
But hidden behind the kohl-rimmed eyes and the perfectly plastered smiles are women who are paying a heavy price for stepping into designer stilettos.
"My sister would never be allowed to model, not in a million years," says photographer Faisal Farooqui.
"If I even bring this topic up, my mother would probably not speak to me for days."
Mr Farooqui, who makes his living by photographing fashion shows, adds: "In our family, girls are expected to study and get married or at the most adopt a decent profession like teaching. Modelling isn't even an option for them."
He feels that the majority of Pakistanis remain conservative in their thinking and while they may have accepted the right of women to work and assert themselves, modelling and dancing are still considered unacceptable.
I think it would be wrong to say crawl on to ínternational catwalks. Shouldn't it be crawl in to international catwalks?
But hidden behind the kohl-rimmed eyes and the perfectly plastered smiles are women who are paying a heavy price for stepping into designer stilettos.
"My sister would never be allowed to model, not in a million years," says photographer Faisal Farooqui.
"If I even bring this topic up, my mother would probably not speak to me for days."
Mr Farooqui, who makes his living by photographing fashion shows, adds: "In our family, girls are expected to study and get married or at the most adopt a decent profession like teaching. Modelling isn't even an option for them."
He feels that the majority of Pakistanis remain conservative in their thinking and while they may have accepted the right of women to work and assert themselves, modelling and dancing are still considered unacceptable.
I think it would be wrong to say crawl on to ínternational catwalks. Shouldn't it be crawl in to international catwalks?
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Hello again, Andrei. If we take into account the definition of "catwalk" (a narrow raised footway, esp. along a bridge or around a large machine, or sticking out into a room for models to walk on in a fashion show) then "crawl on to" makes sense to me.
- Hello again, Andrei.
- If we take into account the definition of "catwalk" (a narrow raised footway, esp.
- along a bridge or around a large machine, or sticking out into a room for models to walk on in a fashion show) then "crawl on to" makes sense to me.
- I can't see the models walking "in to" a catwalk when a catwalk is a plain surface.
- They can be "on" a ctawalk, but not inside it.
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Hello again, Andrei. 
If we take into account the definition of "catwalk" (a narrow raised footway, esp. along a bridge or
If we take into account the definition of "catwalk" (a narrow raised footway, esp. along a bridge or
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Teacher, in this case, should "international catwalk" be understood as "the modelling world outside" so that the preposition "into" is still used? Just because there is "...oversea magazines" in the end of the 1st sentence. Im confused at the word "international".
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Hello, dtl inh
That's not the way I see it, but I agree it's a possible interpretation.
However, I still like "on" better
That's not the way I see it, but I agree it's a possible interpretation.
However, I still like "on" better
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Yes Miriam, now Im partly getting with the method in understanding sentence's meaning. The Pakistan models are initially trying to perform their images outside the country, that's why we can simply understand that they are managing to crawl on (to present at) internatinal catwalks such as Milan or Paris, right?
Teacher, thx for ur explainations in this thread as well as in the others. Those
Teacher, thx for ur explainations in this thread as well as in the others. Those
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Thank you very much, l_inh
I'm really glad you find the forums helpful, and I'm happy to be of help.
Miriam
I'm really glad you find the forums helpful, and I'm happy to be of help.
Miriam
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