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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Gradation
The necessity of establishing discrete categories for observations frequently leads to attempts to make absolute ___ when there are in reality only ___.
A. analyses ... hypotheses
B. correlations ... digressions
C. distinctions ... gradations
D. complications ... ambiguities
E. conjectures ... approximations
Only C makes it right. But in the second blank, I would argue "ambiguities" fit best, though D is incorrect.
So I want to know what concept "gradations" expresses?
Thank you.
A. analyses ... hypotheses
B. correlations ... digressions
C. distinctions ... gradations
D. complications ... ambiguities
E. conjectures ... approximations
Only C makes it right. But in the second blank, I would argue "ambiguities" fit best, though D is incorrect.
So I want to know what concept "gradations" expresses?
Thank you.
Top answer
Distinctions = borders and stops. Gradations = no borders, no stops, only a flow. Ambiguities = vaguenesses.
- Distinctions = borders and stops.
- Gradations = no borders, no stops, only a flow.
- Ambiguities = vaguenesses.
- The attempt to make a border where there is none is a stronger conceptual opposition than the attempt to make a clear border where there is only a vague one.
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Distinctions = borders and stops.
Gradations = no borders, no stops, only a flow.
Ambiguities = vaguenesses.
The attempt to make a border where there is none is a stronger conceptual opposition than the attempt to make a clear border where there is only a vague one.
Gradations = no borders, no stops, only a flow.
Ambiguities = vaguenesses.
The attempt to make a border where there is none is a stronger conceptual opposition than the attempt to make a clear border where there is only a vague one.
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