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Hela Posted 20 years ago
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0Dear teachers,02br
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00"00Hundreds of millions of people progressing in leaps and bounds towards a 01u00materially-progressive heaven02u00." (D. Lessing)02br
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00Hela0-
  

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" (D. Lessing)02font 02br 02br 01font 00Without some context, it's hard to give an exact meaning to this phrase. Can you supply such a context?

— Clive

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  • Lessing)02font 02br 02br 01font 00Without some context, it's hard to give an exact meaning to this phrase.
  • Can you supply such a context?
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Possibly 'materially progresssive' refers to 'making progress in a material way', which in turn is intended to contrast ironically with the non-material concept of heaven.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 0-
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0Hi,02br
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0Hello Clive,02br
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00That's all I have, unfortunately. It's a sentence I have to translate.02br
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0Dear teachers,02br
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00Is it true that the construction 00"materially-progressive heaven" 00is incorrect in English ? 00 02br
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00First because if we use a hyphen to make a compound modifier both words should modify the noun that follows, which is not the case here since “heaven” can’t be modified by the word00 00“materially”.0
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0 Personally I would be concentrating on the words "progressing" and "progress" to properly interprete the quote. Without knowing the writer's predisposition toward the using of those words, it would be very difficult, if not almost impossible, to accurate decipher the message. 0-
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