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Jamal 1315 Posted 5 years ago
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If you count being a teenager

Hello everybody.

I think the following is not complete, is it?

If you count being a teenager and rejecting every piece of advice we are trying to give her as progress.

Would you please tell me what it means?

Thanks so much.

  

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The overall structure of the sentence is "If you count X as progress", which means "If you consider X to be progress". The sentence cannot exist alone but needs more context to provide an implied result clause. The following would be a typical context: A: Well, she seems to have made some progress.

  • The overall structure of the sentence is "If you count X as progress", which means "If you consider X to be progress".
  • The sentence cannot exist alone but needs more context to provide an implied result clause.
  • The following would be a typical context: A: Well, she seems to have made some progress.
  • B: If you count being a teenager and rejecting every piece of advice we are trying to give her as progress (then yes, she has made some progress).
  • The implication is that B does not consider this to be much or any progress.
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The overall structure of the sentence is "If you count X as progress", which means "If you consider X to be progress". The sentence cannot exist alone but needs more context to provide an implied result clause. The following would be a typical context:

A: Well, she seems to have made some progress.
B: If you count being a teenager and rejecting every piece of advice we are try

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