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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
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Each meaning of the two conventions
each meaning of the two conventions
The speaker’s levity was not appreciated by the convention of funeral directors, who felt that a convention of funeral directors was no place to tell jokes.
The sentence has two conventions.
The two seems a bit different in context.
A dictionary seems to give me the answer of the differences as follows.
a. a large formal assembly of a group with common interests, such as a political party or trade union
b. the persons attending such an assembly
In this description I could conclude the formal convention is used as the meaning 'b', that is 'the persons attending the convention', and the latter as 'a', that is 'a large formal assembly of a group'.
Am I right?
The speaker’s levity was not appreciated by the convention of funeral directors, who felt that a convention of funeral directors was no place to tell jokes.
The sentence has two conventions.
The two seems a bit different in context.
A dictionary seems to give me the answer of the differences as follows.
a. a large formal assembly of a group with common interests, such as a political party or trade union
b. the persons attending such an assembly
In this description I could conclude the formal convention is used as the meaning 'b', that is 'the persons attending the convention', and the latter as 'a', that is 'a large formal assembly of a group'.
Am I right?
Top answer
The two seems a bit different in context. No, they are precisely the same. In the text, 'a convention of funeral directors' refers to 'the convention of funeral directors' and any other convention of funeral directors.
- The two seems a bit different in context.
- No, they are precisely the same.
- In the text, 'a convention of funeral directors' refers to 'the convention of funeral directors' and any other convention of funeral directors.
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Stenka25The sentence has two conventions.The two seems a bit different in context.No, they are precisely the same.
In the text, 'a convention of funeral directors' refers to 'the convention of funeral directors' and any other convention of funeral directors.
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