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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
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from = because?
Anyone who looks at mass communication as a social institution cannot fail to note the tremendous push and pull of public interests and tastes on the institution. The program pattern of the networks vibrates [like a windharp to the breeze] from the monthly program ratings.
Q1) Is the last sentence interpreted as I put square brackets? ("from" is connected to "vibrate," and not "breeze.")
Q2) Does "from" in the last sentence mean because of?
The program pattern of the networks vibrates because of the monthly program ratings.
Q1) Is the last sentence interpreted as I put square brackets? ("from" is connected to "vibrate," and not "breeze.")
Q2) Does "from" in the last sentence mean because of?
The program pattern of the networks vibrates because of the monthly program ratings.
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1) Your interpretation is a more poetic one than would normally be used to explain the meaning, but I think you have the correct idea. 2) Loosely it means "because of", but it has a stronger feeling of direct action.
- 1) Your interpretation is a more poetic one than would normally be used to explain the meaning, but I think you have the correct idea.
- 2) Loosely it means "because of", but it has a stronger feeling of direct action.
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1) Your interpretation is a more poetic one than would normally be used to explain the meaning, but I think you have the correct idea.
2) Loosely it means "because of", but it has a stronger feeling of direct action.
2) Loosely it means "because of", but it has a stronger feeling of direct action.
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GPY1) Your interpretation is a more poetic one than would normally be used to explain the meaning, but I think you have the correct idea.I think you may have got the wrong end of the stick. All that windharp poetry was in the original text. Moon just added the brackets.
Well, maybe they were poetic brackets, but I don't think they were intended th
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CalifJim GPY1) Your interpretation is a more poetic one than would normally be used to explain the meaning, but I think you have the correct idea.I think you may have got the wrong end of the stick. All that windharp poetry was in the original text. Moon just added the brackets. Well, maybe they were poetic brackets, but I don't think they were intended that way. CJ
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1. The program pattern of the networks vibrates [like a windharp to the breeze] from the monthly program ratings.
2. The program pattern of the networks vibrates from the monthly program ratings like a windharp to the breeze.
Q) What do you think of #2? It is the restructured version of #1. Does it sound better than #2? Or does it confuse the reader because the "like a windharp to
2. The program pattern of the networks vibrates from the monthly program ratings like a windharp to the breeze.
Q) What do you think of #2? It is the restructured version of #1. Does it sound better than #2? Or does it confuse the reader because the "like a windharp to
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moon7296 1. The program pattern of the networks vibrates [like a windharp to the breeze] from the monthly program ratings. 2. The program pattern of the networks vibrates from the monthly program ratings like a windharp to the breeze. Q) What do you think of #2? It is the restructured version of #1. Does it sound better than #2? Or does it confuse the reader because the "
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