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Altmohammad00 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of brings not only promise

Hello,

In the following sentence, is the verb "brings" positive or negative?

In other words, the meaning of the sentence "brings not only promise" is which one?

1. the availability of information that is brought to us by technological advances, doesn't bring promise.

2. the availability of information that is brought to us by technological advances, brings promise.


"The exponential growth in the availability of information brought to us by
technological advances brings not only promise, but for many a sense of information
overload and frustrations linked to a lack of confidence in using digital tools"


I will appreciate your help.

  

Top answer

Generally speaking, the verb "to bring" is used in a positive way. " The reason for this is that the subject is asking another person to do something for him/her: To carry an object from a more distant point to the subject. John asked Mary to bring him an apple from the store.

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  • Generally speaking, the verb "to bring" is used in a positive way.
  • " The reason for this is that the subject is asking another person to do something for him/her: To carry an object from a more distant point to the subject.
  • John asked Mary to bring him an apple from the store.
  • John asked Mary to bring him ideas for his speech.
  • In the sentence you are wondering about - the writer of the sentence is using the positive nature of the verb 'to bring' to make a specific point that something positive, like 'bringing' technology to mankind, can also be negative.
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Generally speaking, the verb "to bring" is used in a positive way.

"Mary asked her brother to bring her the cup of coffee."

"Mary asked her brother to bring a bottle of wine to the party."

The reason for this is that the subject is asking another person to do something for him/her: To carry an object from a more distant point to the subject.

John asked Mary to bring

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You are not parsing this sentence correctly. The subject of the verb 'brings' is 'the exponential growth'. The verb 'brings' has multiple objects, ie promise and a sense of information overload and frustrations'. Think of the sentence this way.

"The exponential growth ( in the availability of information brought to us by
technological advances ) brings not only pro

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