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Langtraveler Posted 11 years ago
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Hello.
"How physically close we tolerate or enjoy the presence of others, for how long and under what conditions vary noticeably from culture to culture." (Space and Place, Yi-fu Tuan)
I'm stucked with the structure of ""How physically close we tolerate or enjoy the presence of others."
1. Here, does it mean "How MUCH physically close we tolerate ~ "? Could you give some other examples using how as a subject? I'm not get used to it but not knowing how people call this structure, it's difficult to find ones.
2. It's hard to understand how "tolerate" and "enjoy" are connected by "and."
I could understand the below ones.
- How (much) physically close we tolerate varies from culture to culture.
- How much we enjoy the presence of others varies from culture to culture.
However, here, "enjoy" is connected with "tolerate" although it already has its object, "the presence of others."
Is "How physically close" is an adverb for "tolerate" and "enjoy", not an object of "tolerate?"
I'm very sorry for my long questions and lots of asks.
Thank you very much.
"How physically close we tolerate or enjoy the presence of others, for how long and under what conditions vary noticeably from culture to culture." (Space and Place, Yi-fu Tuan)
I'm stucked with the structure of ""How physically close we tolerate or enjoy the presence of others."
1. Here, does it mean "How MUCH physically close we tolerate ~ "? Could you give some other examples using how as a subject? I'm not get used to it but not knowing how people call this structure, it's difficult to find ones.
2. It's hard to understand how "tolerate" and "enjoy" are connected by "and."
I could understand the below ones.
- How (much) physically close we tolerate varies from culture to culture.
- How much we enjoy the presence of others varies from culture to culture.
However, here, "enjoy" is connected with "tolerate" although it already has its object, "the presence of others."
Is "How physically close" is an adverb for "tolerate" and "enjoy", not an object of "tolerate?"
I'm very sorry for my long questions and lots of asks.
Thank you very much.
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langtraveler Here, does it mean "How MUCH physically close we tolerate ~ "? Yes, but that is bad grammar. How old you are determines your right to vote.
- langtraveler Here, does it mean "How MUCH physically close we tolerate ~ "?
- Yes, but that is bad grammar.
- How old you are determines your right to vote.
- How much time you spend studying will affect your grade in the subject.
- I don't care how tall you are; I can knock you down to size .
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langtraveler Here, does it mean "How MUCH physically close we tolerate ~ "?Yes, but that is bad grammar.
How old you are determines your right to vote.
How much time you spend studying will affect your grade in the subject.
I don't care how tall you are; I can knock you down to size. (Here the phrase is an object, but it
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Thank you for your reply!
Still, there are some parts I didn't get.
The reason why I wonder why "tolerate" and "enjoy" are connected with "or"(Yes, it is "or" not "and." I'm sorry for my mistake.) because the verb "enjoy" already has its obejct, "presence of others."
I mean,
"How much physically close we live"(how~ phrase as a kind of 'adverb' for "live") or
"How muc
Still, there are some parts I didn't get.
The reason why I wonder why "tolerate" and "enjoy" are connected with "or"(Yes, it is "or" not "and." I'm sorry for my mistake.) because the verb "enjoy" already has its obejct, "presence of others."
I mean,
"How much physically close we live"(how~ phrase as a kind of 'adverb' for "live") or
"How muc
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langtraveler the verb "enjoy" already has its object, "presence of others."That is also the object of 'tolerate'.
langtravelerI suppose there is something I totally wrongly know, but I cannot guess what it is.I can't either at the moment. There is no 'much' in the original, and it is 'much' that makes your versions wrong.
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Oh now I see.
I thought "presence of others" is an object just for "enjoy", not considering "tolerance."
Thank you so much for your all repies!
I thought "presence of others" is an object just for "enjoy", not considering "tolerance."
Thank you so much for your all repies!
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