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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

How can I understand this sentence?

I'm reading this page:
"https://plus.google.com/photos/116154877604156269757/albums/6141615569858270081/6141615576471924050"

I'm wondering about the whole meaning.
Can I read the "they" I underlined in this way?
"Few people who have time to do..., and the other people rely on ..."

Could you tell me, please?
  

Top answer

I renew my plea for giving the context of the passages quoted in the requests for clarification. <quote> Few people have the time or the inclination to compile their own tabulations of the forms employed by good writers and speakers. They can rely upon a good dictionary, which will inform them accurately concerning correct spelling, grammar, and meaning.

  • I renew my plea for giving the context of the passages quoted in the requests for clarification.
  • <quote> Few people have the time or the inclination to compile their own tabulations of the forms employed by good writers and speakers.
  • They can rely upon a good dictionary, which will inform them accurately concerning correct spelling, grammar, and meaning.
  • </quote> Ironically, from a book called Good English Self Taught .
  • The passage has the disadvantage of not only being wrong but of conveying the opposite of what it intends.
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I renew my plea for giving the context of the passages quoted in the requests for clarification.

<quote>
Few people have the time or the inclination to compile their own tabulations of the forms employed by good writers and speakers. They can rely upon a good dictionary, which will inform them accurately concerning correct spelling, grammar, and meaning.
</quote>
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I'm sorry for not having quoted the text.
I understood your explanation.
Thanks.Emotion: smile

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