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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
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In becoming too efficient?
Does "in becoming too efficient" mean "in that we've become so efficient (in our work and in our life)"?
Context:
“Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.”
?Mehmet Oz
Context:
“Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.”
?Mehmet Oz
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'too' is like 'so' leading to a bad result: He had so much water he became ill. --- bad result is stated He had too much water. --- bad result but it's not stated what He had too much water, so he became ill.
- 'too' is like 'so' leading to a bad result: He had so much water he became ill.
- --- bad result is stated He had too much water.
- --- bad result but it's not stated what He had too much water, so he became ill.
- --- you could state the bad result this way (WRONG : He had too much water he became ill.
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'too' is like 'so' leading to a bad result:
He had so much water he became ill. --- bad result is stated
He had too much water. --- bad result but it's not stated what
He had too much water, so he became ill. --- you could state the bad result this way
(WRONG : He had too much water he became ill. --- this is incorrect.)
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He had so much water he became ill. --- bad result is stated
He had too much water. --- bad result but it's not stated what
He had too much water, so he became ill. --- you could state the bad result this way
(WRONG : He had too much water he became ill. --- this is incorrect.)
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SweetFreedom Thanks. But the question is who becoming too efficient."We", i.e. humans, have become too efficient. I suppose it means too efficient at producing food.
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