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Youngbuts Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Its understanding of (?)
Hi~ everyone.
I can't interpret the following clause underlined. Would you help me with this?
Whereas the philosophers regarded the feelings as an obstacle to clear thinking, to the romantics it was the human essence......For the romantics, reason was cold and dreary, and its understanding of people and life meager and inadequate.
There is a comma before the first 'and', so the clause following it could be considered as a new clause for more easy analysis. After construeing 'its' as 'reason', I have had two assumptions for it.
...its understanding of people and life meager and inadequate (was cold and dreary.)
1.The fact that reason understood people as measger and inadequate was cold and dreary for the Romantics.
2. The way that reason understnad people and life which was(or were) meager and inadequate was cold and dreary for the Romantics.
Am I near to the right way? Then, Which is right?
Many thanks in advnace.
I can't interpret the following clause underlined. Would you help me with this?
Whereas the philosophers regarded the feelings as an obstacle to clear thinking, to the romantics it was the human essence......For the romantics, reason was cold and dreary, and its understanding of people and life meager and inadequate.
There is a comma before the first 'and', so the clause following it could be considered as a new clause for more easy analysis. After construeing 'its' as 'reason', I have had two assumptions for it.
...its understanding of people and life meager and inadequate (was cold and dreary.)
1.The fact that reason understood people as measger and inadequate was cold and dreary for the Romantics.
2. The way that reason understnad people and life which was(or were) meager and inadequate was cold and dreary for the Romantics.
Am I near to the right way? Then, Which is right?
Many thanks in advnace.
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Frankly, I'm having trouble deciphering the question. In any case you are right to be confused. The clause is not clearly written.
- Frankly, I'm having trouble deciphering the question.
- In any case you are right to be confused.
- The clause is not clearly written.
- For the romantics, reason was cold and dreary.
- The understanding of people and life which is achievable through the use of reason was meager and inadequate.
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Frankly, I'm having trouble deciphering the question.
In any case you are right to be confused. The clause is not clearly written.
For the romantics, reason was cold and dreary.
The understanding of people and life which is achievable through the use of reason was meager and inadequate.
The underlined portion is what is supposed to be suggested by the use of
In any case you are right to be confused. The clause is not clearly written.
For the romantics, reason was cold and dreary.
The understanding of people and life which is achievable through the use of reason was meager and inadequate.
The underlined portion is what is supposed to be suggested by the use of
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