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4444mv Posted 11 years ago
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difficult expressions

I came across this sentence and don't undertand the meaning of the phrases in bold. Does subjected individuals mean witnesses?  I could not find 'immediate character'.

In an inventory carried out with the help of interviews with approximately 300 subjected individuals, I could localize 45 different actions with the immediate character in the beginning of the 1980’s.

Thanks in advance.
  

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"subjected individuals" may mean individuals who have been subjected to something previously mentioned. It is not very good English in my opinion. It is not clear to me what "immediate character" refers to.

— GPY

  • "subjected individuals" may mean individuals who have been subjected to something previously mentioned.
  • It is not very good English in my opinion.
  • It is not clear to me what "immediate character" refers to.
  • Can you post more of the surrounding text?
  • That may help.
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"subjected individuals" may mean individuals who have been subjected to something previously mentioned. It is not very good English in my opinion. It is not clear to me what "immediate character" refers to. Can you post more of the surrounding text? That may help.
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GPY"subjected individuals" may mean individuals who have been subjected to something previously mentioned. It is not very good English in my opinion. It is not clear to me what "immediate character" refers to. Can you post more of the surrounding text? That may help.
I only have a previous sentence:
A small portion of these conflicts branch out and beco
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In that case, I think "subjected individuals" does mean people who have been / are being subjected to harassment. I'm afraid I still can't see what "immediate character" refers to. Do you know whether the writer of this is a native English speaker?
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GPYIn that case, I think "subjected individuals" does mean people who have been / are being subjected to harassment. I'm afraid I still can't see what "immediate character" refers to. Do you know whether the writer of this is a native English speaker?
The only thing I know is that this is taken from an article that writes about mobbing. I'm just practising syn
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4444mvGPYIn that case, I think "subjected individuals" does mean people who have been / are being subjected to harassment. I'm afraid I still can't see what "immediate character" refers to. Do you know whether the writer of this is a native English speaker?The only thing I know is that this is taken from an article that writes about mobbing. I'm just practising syntactic a
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