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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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'Rules are disintegrating today: What was a couple of decades ago simply unsayable in a public debate can now be pronounced with impunity.'
Reading the sentence above, I don't understand the topic of the sentence. A couple of decades ago is the past. Today's is the present. Why 'rules are disintegrating today' because what was a cople of decades ago simply unsayable now be pronounced with impunity? What is simply unsayable now will be pronounced with impunity in future. What will be simply pronounced with impunity in future is unsayable at the present. Today's rules are integrating today not the past, the future. Today's rules are today's rules. The rules of the past is gone by in time and no longer existing. Then, rules have been integrating the past, the present with the change of times. Why the speaker said 'Rules are disintegrating today.'
Reading the sentence above, I don't understand the topic of the sentence. A couple of decades ago is the past. Today's is the present. Why 'rules are disintegrating today' because what was a cople of decades ago simply unsayable now be pronounced with impunity? What is simply unsayable now will be pronounced with impunity in future. What will be simply pronounced with impunity in future is unsayable at the present. Today's rules are integrating today not the past, the future. Today's rules are today's rules. The rules of the past is gone by in time and no longer existing. Then, rules have been integrating the past, the present with the change of times. Why the speaker said 'Rules are disintegrating today.'
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Rules are not what they used to be. We don't pay as much attention to them as we used to. Some words used to be considered so ugly to say that people wouldn't pronounce them out loud.
- Rules are not what they used to be.
- We don't pay as much attention to them as we used to.
- Some words used to be considered so ugly to say that people wouldn't pronounce them out loud.
- But nowadays, people say anything.
- They don't care.
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Rules are not what they used to be. We don't pay as much attention to them as we used to. Some words used to be considered so ugly to say that people wouldn't pronounce them out loud. But nowadays, people say anything. They don't care. They don't follow the rules that we shouldn't say such words aloud.
Years ago, people didn't say the "f" word aloud. We just saw it written, but people wou
Years ago, people didn't say the "f" word aloud. We just saw it written, but people wou
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Owing to your explanation, I understand it clearly. Thank you for your input on this.
EnglishmavenThe rules are being broken.It means rules are disintegrating today. Actually, I considered 'today' as a nominal, the object of disintegrate. I was absolutely on the wrong track.
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