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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Juxtaposition
Unlike peasants in European Russia, Siberians had no problems with land availability; the low population density gave them the ability to intensively cultivate a plot for several years in a row, then to leave it fallow for a long time and cultivate other plots.
I'd like to know "leave" is juxtaposed with "cultivate."
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know "leave" is juxtaposed with "cultivate."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Yes, "leave fallow" means not to cultivate.
- Yes, "leave fallow" means not to cultivate.
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park sang joonI'd like to know "leave" is juxtaposed with "cultivate."I'm not clear on your question; I hope deadrat is.
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I took "juxtapose" to mean place close by for contrast. So the sentence has a compound infinitive phrase "to leave fallow and (to) cultivate," which pair of things stand in stark contrast to each other.
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Thank you, Mr.micawber and deadrat, for your sincere concern.
I'm not clear on your question; I hope deadrat is.
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park sang joon thought "juxtaposition" meant very the relationship.You need to type more carefully or proofread before you post, joon. That is often why we have trouble understanding.
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Did you mean the very relationship or vary the relationship? Neither makes much sense in this context.
"Juxtaposition" is placing contrasting elements side by side for effect:
"Juxtaposition" is placing contrasting elements side by side for effect:
The juxtaposition of light and dark gave the painting its power.
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I'm so sorry for my terrible mistake.
I meant a parallel relationship.
"I like you and him."
I meant a parallel relationship.
"I like you and him."
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No need for an apology.
You have a parallel syntactic (i.e., grammatical) construction -- two like verb forms making up a compound infinitive phrase. You also have a juxtaposed semantic sense, i.e., contrasting meanings between the two infinitives. One means to farm, and the other mean to deliberately not farm.
You have a parallel syntactic (i.e., grammatical) construction -- two like verb forms making up a compound infinitive phrase. You also have a juxtaposed semantic sense, i.e., contrasting meanings between the two infinitives. One means to farm, and the other mean to deliberately not farm.
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