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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Looking back decades from now?
"Looking back decades from now, we will recognize this moment as the time when America invested the strategic capital needed to recast its relationship with India."
What is the exact meaning of the underlined phrase? Is this same meaning as 'if we look back on this moment decades later'? Or does it mean something else?
What is the exact meaning of the underlined phrase? Is this same meaning as 'if we look back on this moment decades later'? Or does it mean something else?
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As far as the "now" in your sentence is the real now, I understand it as you do.
- As far as the "now" in your sentence is the real now, I understand it as you do.
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As far as the "now" in your sentence is the real now, I understand it as you do.
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hi,
As for "looking back", it generally refers to the past. However, in this very context, due to the use of " now" and further" will " , the overal mode of the sentence implies the future.
As for "looking back", it generally refers to the past. However, in this very context, due to the use of " now" and further" will " , the overal mode of the sentence implies the future.
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Yes, exactly. They are saying that historians in 2060, 2070, etc., will study this period and regard it as a time of importance in the relationship with India.
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