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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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0 01i00The law cannot force people to make good choices. It can, however, encourage people to develop new ways of thinking, seeing and feeling. Habits and practices we initially adopt to conform to authority can start to make sense to us over time. Sometimes it may take the pressure of an external demand to force us to see the value 01font00in a choice or a way of life 02font00we might otherwise dismiss. 02br
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02i00About '00i00n a choice or a way of life', is it:02br
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00(i.e. in a choice or a way of life...=adverbial phrase which modifies the verb 'see'; you see X in something)02br
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00(b) to see 01u00the value in a choice or a way of life...02br
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0 Hi,02br
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01i00The value in a choice or a way of life (forced by law) that we wight otherwise (without law) dismiss.02br
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02i00I'm not completely sure tho 050010id1
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0I think I would vote B too:02br
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001. Sometimes it may take the pressure of an external demand to force us to see the value in a choice or a way of life we might otherwise dismiss. 02br
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002. Sometimes it may take the pressure of an external demand to force us to see 01u00the value (that is inherent)
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0 01i00We don't see the value in that choice.02br
00 We don't see anybody in the garden.02i02br
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00 not see (there is value in that choice)02br
00 not see (there is someone in the garden)02br
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00 If 01i00in the garden02i00 01u00modifies02u00 01i00
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11i12br
10We don't see the value in that choice.12br
10 We don't see anybody in the garden.12i12br
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10Jim,02br
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00I think we can say 'In the garden, we don't see anybody' too, but do you think 'In that choice, we don'
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0 Both inversions seem fine to me. Of course neither one would be used as frequently as the uninverted forms.02br
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0 Hmm...OK. But I'm still wondering if both inversions really have the same air...02br
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00Anyway;01blockquote
01cite10CalifJim12cite11i10I gave the money12i10 would be incomplete...(Compare: 11i10I put the book.)...12i10I think 11i10to see X in Y12i10 is a similar
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0 Yes, my post was basically a quibble about the term "modify".02br
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0 So let me confirm one thing, Jim.02br
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00Would you agree with us in that 'in a choice or a way of life' explains 'the value', not 'to see'?0-
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0 There does seem to be a closer relation between 01i00value02i00 and 01i00choice02i00 than between 01i00see02i00 and 01i00choice02i00, yes, because, in my view, the underlying structure is 01u00recognize (see) that [there exists value in the choice]02u00. Here 01i00valu
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