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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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I am struggling writing this

Though this begs the question ‘what qualifies as change?’ and more importantly ‘what qualifies as directed change’? Both questions form the basis of which I am understanding development to be semantically amorphous as Thomas (2004) notes development is ‘contested… complex and ambiguous.’

I am struggling with the 'of which' in this sentence. The sentence has to include 'I am understanding' - present tense. Should 'to be' be 'as'.

This level of English I am struggling with. But I do hope to learn teachers!
  

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’ Teachers, what is the difference between 'I am beginning to understand' and 'I am understanding'?

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Or there is this variation:

Both questions form the basis of which I am beginning to understand that development is semantically amorphous as Thomas (2004) notes development is ‘contested… complex and ambiguous.’

Teachers, what is the difference between 'I am beginning to understand' and 'I am understanding'?
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It should probably be '. . . the basis on which . . . '.
But In my opinion, this whole text is poorly written and hard to understand.

Was it written by a native speaker?
Have you typed it all correctly?

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I have written it, but as I am not a native speaker, I am struggling to communicate my ideas in English. Could you rewrite it? Thank you.
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Though this begs the question ‘what qualifies as change?’ and more importantly ‘what qualifies as directed change’? Both questions form the basis of which I am understanding development to be semantically amorphous as Thomas (2004) notes development is ‘contested… complex and ambiguous.’

To me, the following English is better, although I do not really understa
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Thank you! Could you explain the need for 'to be' rather than 'is' or 'as'?
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I don't like 'when he says' because I think it sounds too informal and chatty. Is this attempt a bit better than the last?

Both questions form the basis on which I am beginning to understand development to be semantically amorphous as supported by Thomas’ (2004) noting that development is ‘contested… complex and ambiguous.’

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Both questions form the basis on which I am
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Could you explain the need for 'to be' rather than 'is' or 'as'? It sounds more academic and more stylish,
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I don't like 'when he says' because I think it sounds too informal and chatty. It doesn't sound that way to me.
You could choose another verb, eg concludes.


Is this attempt a bit better than the last? Yes.

Both questions form the basis on which I am beginning to u
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Both questions form the basis on which I am beginning to understand development to be semantically amorphous as supported by Thomas’ (2004) noting that development is ‘contested… complex and ambiguous.’

The problem I have with 'on which' is that it refers to the 'questions' in the previous sentence when there is a full stop separating both sentences. Does there need to be a semi co
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You are worrying about a problem that does not exist.
'On which' refers to 'the basis'.

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