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Tanit Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

decision making & politics?

0Hi, could somebody have a look at the following sentence?02br
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00I am particularly concerned about the underlined part ... can I say that politics is responsible for sth, meaning not a single politician but the whole political system (people, laws, decision processes etc.)?02br
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00Thank you in advance!02br
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01i00Measurable goals need to be set, to assess policies’ effectiveness; targets need to be realistic, and mechanisms set out for their achievement need to be specified, which, once again, emphasises the role of 01u00politics as responsible02u00 for decision making and consensus building.02i0-
  

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0 I don't think you can say "politics as responsible for decision making". 0-

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0 I don't think you can say "politics as responsible for decision making". You could say " the role of politics as the basis for decision making".0-
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0 Yes, you can use the word politics in this way. I think I'd say: "... the role of politics as being responsible for..." 0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10I don't think you can say "politics as responsible for decision making" ...12br
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01cite10Annvan12cite10Yes, you can use the word politics in this way ...12br
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0Another quarter heard from:02br
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00My problem isn't with the idea of politics being responsible for something, but "the role of politics" and "responsible" being used together.02br
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00How about "The role that politics plays in decision making" or "how politics is responsible for decision making." ?0-
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