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Newguest Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Deeply saturated

Hi

A certain woman talks about West Oakland where she works. She says:
I love how deeply saturated the history is in West Oakland. I can ask a random person on the
street about the Black Panthers’ free breakfast program, and they’ll know where it was.

Does it mean that West Oakland has a rich history or maybe that people are saturated with the history of this city?
  

Top answer

The writer misused "saturate". West Oakland is saturated with its history; the history cannot be saturated. "Deeply" is redundant with it, too.

— Enoon

  • The writer misused "saturate".
  • West Oakland is saturated with its history; the history cannot be saturated.
  • "Deeply" is redundant with it, too.
  • The writer meant that she loves how ingrained it is.
  • I smell thesaurus abuse.
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The writer misused "saturate". West Oakland is saturated with its history; the history cannot be saturated. "Deeply" is redundant with it, too. The writer meant that she loves how ingrained it is. I smell thesaurus abuse.
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I beg to differ with enoon. I live in a part of London that is deeply saturated, both with the history and with the cultural backgrounds of the people

It's a perfectly good phrase

Dave
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dave_anonHiI beg to differ with enoon. I live in a part of London that is deeply saturated, both with the history and with the cultural backgrounds of the peopleIt's a perfectly good phraseDave
Read it again. Yes, it is saturated with history, but the history is not saturated.
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Well, you've just used the word actively, passively and successfully. And your point is?

Dave :-)
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It is not the history that is saturated. I must not be seeing your point. I've done my best to explain myself. Your turn.
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- The history of the 14th century, in England, is saturated in blood

I see no problem with that

Dave
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That is not much of an explanation, and that is different from the case we are discussing. The case here would have that, "The history is deeply saturated in 14th-century England." I contend that that is not English.
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Hi

Well, no, the sentence you've written isn't very good English; but mine was

The word 'saturated' can mean 'was/is full of'. If you drank a lot orange juice, you could say 'I'm saturated with orange juice'.
Dave
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I love how West Oakland is deeply saturated in history.

The writer means that there are many historical monuments or historical buildings in West Oakland, and there are many historical writings about the area.
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dave_anonHiWell, no, the sentence you've written isn't very good English; but mine wasThe word 'saturated' can mean 'was/is full of'. If you drank a lot orange juice, you could say 'I'm saturated with orange juice'. Dave
That I am failing to get through to you makes me doubt I got through to the OP. Of course my sentence was not very good English. It was in th
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