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Avid learner Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Despite being

Hi,

Is this sentence correct?
  • The idea that the many shall fight together for one common purpose despite being still the many is a new idea that no one dare to contemplate.
Thanks, A.L.
  

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The bold part is correct English. I am not totally sure I understand what "despite being still the many" is adding. "no one dare to contemplate" doesn't look right.

— GPY

  • The bold part is correct English.
  • I am not totally sure I understand what "despite being still the many" is adding.
  • "no one dare to contemplate" doesn't look right.
  • I would say "no one dares to contemplate" or "no one dare contemplate".
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The bold part is correct English. I am not totally sure I understand what "despite being still the many" is adding. "no one dare to contemplate" doesn't look right. I would say "no one dares to contemplate" or "no one dare contemplate".
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...that no one dares...

The original is definitely incorrect; there is no call for the subjunctive.
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"I am not totally sure I understand what "despite being still the many" is adding"

The addtion is there to emphasize the difference between the aforementioned sentence with the folowing one, "the many shall become one and fight together for one common purpose."
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avid learner"I am not totally sure I understand what "despite being still the many" is adding"The addtion is there to emphasize the difference between the aforementioned sentence with the folowing one, "the many shall become one and fight together for one common purpose."
So you make a distinction between "the many fighting together as many" and "the many figh
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Yes.
In the first sentence, the emphasis is on "the many" that remain as the many. In second one it is implied that "the many" is blended into a single polity.
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