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T509 Posted 19 years ago
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01font00Neither the market nor the backlash alone presents much hope for the poor 01u00the world over02u00 who farm cotton or stitch T-shirts together, but in the unintentional conspiracy between the two sides there is promise.02font02br
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00I don't understand what the words underlined is doing in the sentence.02br
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00Or which words or phrases they are related to.02br
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00It seems to me that the sentence does have a meaning without them.02br
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00Any suggestion?02br
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02font 02br 02br 01font 00I don't understand what the words underlined is doing in the sentence. 01b 00'The world over' is a literary way of saying 'all over the world'. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00It seems to me that the sentence does have a meaning without them.

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00I don't understand what the words underlined is doing in the sentence.
  • 01b 00'The world over' is a literary way of saying 'all over the world'.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00It seems to me that the sentence does have a meaning without them.
  • 01b 00Yes, it does, but without the phrase we don't know where these poor people are.
  • Are they the ones who live in the USA?
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1font01b00Hi,02b02font02br
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01font00Neither the market nor the backlash alone presents much hope for the poor 01u00the world over02u00 who farm cotton or stitch T-shirts together, but in the unintentional conspiracy between the two sides there is promise.02font
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0Thank you, Clive.02br
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00Now I understand quite well what the words mean.02br
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00But isn't it more natural to say 'the poor (all) over the world' than the original?0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes. But the original phrase is more literary, more poetic even.02br
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00Clive0-
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