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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Darwin's method

Darwin's method did not really--the idea of race as an important conceptual category; even the much more central idea of species was little more than a theoretical--.
A. require.. convenience
B. apply.. measurement
C. exclude.. practice
D. subsume.. validation
E. reject.. fact

I can't find any clue implied in the sentence to choose a right answer. Thank you for helping me out.
  

Top answer

Jeff, I think the key phrase is, 'little more than'. )

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  • Jeff, I think the key phrase is, 'little more than'.
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Jeff, I think the key phrase is, 'little more than'. (not muchof a hint?)
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From "even his central idea was just a", maybe I guess. But ... Okay I admitted, Davkett, it's totally beyond my capacity. Hope you will explain it with details.

Thank you.
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...little more than a theoretical convenience.
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I'd say B. But I could be wrong.

I didn't like A because "require" sounds odd.

Just my two cents though. Emotion: smile
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It's A, Julie.

It seems to be a negative assessment of Darwin's method. He didn't use the idea of race; even his central idea of species was a little more than a theoretical convenience. I suddenly realized why it's "convenience" (measurement makes no sence). hehe
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I like "convenience" too, but I don't like the usage of '"require" sth. as something'.

I was wishing for an invisible option for "apply...convenience". Sigh...
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I was wishing for an invisible option for "apply...convenience". Sigh...
Emotion: smile hehe I could tell.
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"little more than a ... convenience" seems such a standard phrase that this one just pops out.
Digging more deeply, things that are 'theoretical' are essentially the opposite of things that are 'empirical' ('observational'), such as measurements, facts, validation, and practice. ('practice' is frequently used as the contrast word to 'theory'.)

To build his theory, Darwin
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things that are 'theoretical' are essentially the opposite of things that are 'empirical' ('observational'), such as measurements, facts, validation, and practice.

Then I know why there's "measurement".


To build his theory, Darwin didn't need (require) the concept of race. Actually, he didn't really need the concep
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