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Janewantslearn Posted 11 years ago
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Is my understanding correct?

Hi Guys, please help me understand this sentence. " to my reading it expressed in a deep and comprehensive form the essential ideals that I think are crucial for a viable human society on this singular planet". Is it a converted way to say " to my reading the essential ideas expressed in a deep and comprehensive form, and I think the essential ideals are crucial for a viable human society on this singular planet"? Thanks a lot!
  

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Hi Mister Micawber, thank you for answering my two questions. And I am so sorry about the inconvenience.I am glad my understanding is correct. However I still feel a little confused. Because if the converted way(my understanding) is correct, then the sentence is using "it" to express "the essential ideals". Is "the essential ideals" a plural form? Can a plural word be expressed by it? I think a pl
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janewantslearnthe sentence is using "it" to express "the essential ideals".
No, 'it' refers to whatever is being read by the writer in the context preceding your excerpt—a book, perhaps?
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Now I see where I am wrong. Thank you so much! Mister Micawber
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