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Silak12 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Limited by the candidates drive?

Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me what the colored part of the sentence below means?
Mark is currently looking for a challenging teaching role that is only limited by the candidates drive and ambition.
Thanks in advance.
  

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It means nothing actually sensible. A good example of hyperbole. It might be interpreted (depending on where you put the missing apostrophe) as this: Mark wants an incredibly high-octane stressful teaching job that demands far more energy and talent than he (or any other candidate) has.

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  • It means nothing actually sensible.
  • A good example of hyperbole.
  • It might be interpreted (depending on where you put the missing apostrophe) as this: Mark wants an incredibly high-octane stressful teaching job that demands far more energy and talent than he (or any other candidate) has.
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It means nothing actually sensible. A good example of hyperbole.

It might be interpreted (depending on where you put the missing apostrophe) as this:

Mark wants an incredibly high-octane stressful teaching job that demands far more energy and talent than he (or any other candidate) has.
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Thanks Alphecca!

(...is only limited by the candidates drive and ambition.)
Could you provide me a synonym for the word "limted" in this context?
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