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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "in that" here mean "because"?
Context:
JEAN COMAROFF: The gap between wealth and poverty is still largely etched in racial terms and has grown in the past two decades. But South Africa is not unique in that way. What has happened is that South Africa has become more like the rest of the world in that there is greater inequality than there was before.
JEAN COMAROFF: The gap between wealth and poverty is still largely etched in racial terms and has grown in the past two decades. But South Africa is not unique in that way. What has happened is that South Africa has become more like the rest of the world in that there is greater inequality than there was before.
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Hi NL; Please put your question in the body of the text. It is easier for us to quote and answer. Roughly paraphrased it means that the outcome of events in South Africa has a similar character to the outcome of recent events in the rest of the world.
- Hi NL; Please put your question in the body of the text.
- It is easier for us to quote and answer.
- Roughly paraphrased it means that the outcome of events in South Africa has a similar character to the outcome of recent events in the rest of the world.
- That character is the greater inequality.
- You could use "because" in this rewrite: We assert that South Africa has become more like the rest of the world because we can see that there is greater inequality than there was before.
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Hi NL;
Please put your question in the body of the text. It is easier for us to quote and answer.
Roughly paraphrased it means that the outcome of events in South Africa has a similar character to the outcome of recent events in the rest of the world. That character is the greater inequality.
You could use "because" in this rewrite:
We assert that South Africa h
Please put your question in the body of the text. It is easier for us to quote and answer.
Roughly paraphrased it means that the outcome of events in South Africa has a similar character to the outcome of recent events in the rest of the world. That character is the greater inequality.
You could use "because" in this rewrite:
We assert that South Africa h
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