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Taka Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Horizons

School is designed to broaden your horizons about life and the world.
School is designed to broaden your horizons of life and the world.
School is designed to broaden your horizons on life and the world.

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we say horizons of knowledge, so it should be horizons of life and the world

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we say horizons of knowledge, so it should be horizons of life and the world
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I would make the prepositional phrases adverbial.


School is designed to broaden your horizons, in both life and the world.
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tmnt53horizons of life
To me, the horizon of life is death (the part of life which we cannot see beyond).
I don't think that is what the sentence is saying.
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AlpheccaStarsthe horizon of life is death
thanks a lot. I meant knowledge about life, not death.
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so are someone's horizons of knowledge their limits of knowledge:?
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tmnt53 we say horizons of knowledge, so it should be horizons of life and the world
OK, but we don't broaden our horizons of knowledge. To try to define which horizons we're talking about tortures the metaphor. When we broaden our horizons, it is in every realm of human existence at the same time. The horizon is all around and encompasses everything.
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enoonTo try to define which horizons we're talking about tortures the metaphor. When we broaden our horizons, it is in every realm of human existence at the same time. The horizon is all around and encompasses everything.
Right, that's why the only feasible way to include these phrases as adverbs. Even so, it is not good. It's much better to omit these preposi
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enoon, would you also think that 'both in life and society' works but the other three I presented don't really work?
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enoon . When we broaden our horizons, it is in every realm of human existence at the same time. The horizon is all around and encompasses everything.
OH, sorry. I posted my question before reading your comment carefully.

So the horizon encompasses everything. Then, what about these? Which do you think works better?

School is designed to br
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TakaOH, sorry. I posted my question before reading your comment carefully.
That's why I waited to answer. I knew you'd get there.
TakaSo the horizon encompasses everything. Then, what about these? Which do you think works better?School is designed to broaden your views about life and the world.School is designed to broaden your views of
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