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SuperESL Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
"In pairs"
"This essay contends that the domestic and the foreign policies of Stalin must be analyzed in pairs."
If I am trying to say that one cannot study Stalin's domestic and foreign policies separately but must analyze in them together as an interacting whole, does the above sentence work?
I realize I can write this sentence in many other ways. The focus of my concern is with the usage of the phrase 'in pairs.' The phrase means only 'in a group of two.' In the context of my example, is it automatically clear that that the 'two' must be the domestic and the foreign policies of Stalin? Or is there a potential for confusion?
Thank you so much.
If I am trying to say that one cannot study Stalin's domestic and foreign policies separately but must analyze in them together as an interacting whole, does the above sentence work?
I realize I can write this sentence in many other ways. The focus of my concern is with the usage of the phrase 'in pairs.' The phrase means only 'in a group of two.' In the context of my example, is it automatically clear that that the 'two' must be the domestic and the foreign policies of Stalin? Or is there a potential for confusion?
Thank you so much.
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Hi, My first interpretation was roughly this. There must be eg 6 different domestic policies, and 6 different foreign policies. We must analyze #1of each together.
- Hi, My first interpretation was roughly this.
- There must be eg 6 different domestic policies, and 6 different foreign policies.
- We must analyze #1of each together.
- Then #2 of each.
- etc.
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Hi,
My first interpretation was roughly this.
There must be eg 6 different domestic policies, and 6 different foreign policies.
We must analyze #1of each together. Then #2 of each. etc. etc.
As you can
My first interpretation was roughly this.
There must be eg 6 different domestic policies, and 6 different foreign policies.
We must analyze #1of each together. Then #2 of each. etc. etc.
As you can
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