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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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In drawing a face in profile, a right-handed person finds it easier to draw the face facing left.
Is that left on the obsever's left or not? And how do you know that?
Is that left on the obsever's left or not? And how do you know that?
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Hi Taka, In drawing a face in profile, a right-handed person finds it easier to draw the face facing left. Is that left on the observer's left or not? And how do you know that?
- Hi Taka, In drawing a face in profile, a right-handed person finds it easier to draw the face facing left.
- Is that left on the observer's left or not?
- And how do you know that?
- It's not clear.
- I'd take it to mean to the observer's left, because the earlier mention of 'right' associates the idea of direction with the observer, and I wouldn't expect the writer to suddenly switch this association to the observer without signalling the switch to the reader in some way.
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Hi Taka,
In drawing a face in profile, a right-handed person finds it easier to draw the face facing left.
Is that left on the observer's left or not? And how do you know that?
It's not clear. I'd take it to mean to the observer's left, because the earlier mention of 'right' associates the idea of direction with the observer, and I wou
In drawing a face in profile, a right-handed person finds it easier to draw the face facing left.
Is that left on the observer's left or not? And how do you know that?
It's not clear. I'd take it to mean to the observer's left, because the earlier mention of 'right' associates the idea of direction with the observer, and I wou
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Clive...the earlier mention of 'right' associates the idea of direction with the observer...Good point! I didn't pay attention to it.
Thank you, Clive!
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