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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
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0I could get the word "instead" well in the context below. Does it mean "instead that he hopes in the future to (encourage the companies to divide such gifts...)?"02br
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00Norton said he hopes in the future to work with companies that give large donations to one particular foundation or charity, and 01b00instead02b00 encourage them to divide such gifts among their employees and allow the employees to choose a recipient. The result, he said, would give everyone in the company the opportunity to donate to a worthy cause, making them happier, while encouraging charitable giving. 0-
  

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00Your paraphrase is grammatically imperfect, but-- yes, he wants to encourage the companies to divide their donations.0-
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0 Thank you.02br
00 There is a typo in my first sentence, about which I should say "I couldn't get ... well."02br
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00 My question is that Nortan means "he hopes to cooperate with the companies and support the companies to donate large amount of money to one particular foundation or charity,, and he doesn't want to courage the companies to divide the la
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0I cannot afford to let the question sink.050010id2
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0Hmm, can I conjuer this question back?0-
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0Well, it is the last time I make this thread emerge to surface again. If still no one would like to reply, I will post the question in another site and seek the answer. 050010id1
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I couldn't get well the word "instead" well in the context below. Does it mean "instead that he hopes in the future to (encourage the companies to divide such gifts...)?"02font02br
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0 Thank you Clive.02br
00 Your simple putting is so clear that I have got anything about the question. According to your explanation, it seems that the word "instead" can be deleted in that context: He will work with the companies, and encourage them to divide the donations and give every employee his/her due share. 02br
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00 Why not delete the word "i
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Norton said he hopes in the future to work with companies that give large donations to one particular foundation or charity, and 01b00instead02b00 02font01font00hopes to 02font01font00encourage them to divide such gifts among

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