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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

make the remark to

Mao was not becoming senile, but he had cataracts,
The Cultural Revolution which made reading difficult, and made the remark to a young academic assigned to read aloud to him.

Could you tell me what the phrase means here?
  

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make a remark basically means say something. about something. Your text seems to have some words omitted, and does not make coherent sense.

  • make a remark basically means say something.
  • about something.
  • Your text seems to have some words omitted, and does not make coherent sense.
  • Please recheck your source.
  • For example, it does not tell us who made the remark.
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make a remark basically means say something. about something.

Your text seems to have some words omitted, and does not make coherent sense. Please recheck your source.
For example, it does not tell us who made the remark. Grammatically, the phrase has no subject.
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CliveYour text seems to have some words omitted, and does not make coherent sense. Please recheck your source.For example, it does not tell us who made the remark.
I believe it's not omission, but inclusion, that's causing the problem. The book is "The Cultural Revolution", and if I'm not mistaken, this title is printed at the top of the page break that split
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Brilliant deduction!
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I think it should refer to the Culture Revolution.
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Got it, thank you so much!

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