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Tuvalet Posted 12 years ago
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The meeting, which was held under the chairmanship of party leader Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, lasted 5 hours, it has been reported that Kiliçdaoroglu announced some important changes in the central executive board of the party
Isnt the sentence following "it has been reported that"kind a weird
After putting coma there can we write such a sentence
And this
CHP has experienced a serious intra-party crisis following the presidential elections when the party nominated Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (as a joint presidential candidate to the disappointment of many secular CHP supporters)who claimed the party is leaning towards the right
Isnt the sentence following "it has been reported that"kind a weird
After putting coma there can we write such a sentence
And this
CHP has experienced a serious intra-party crisis following the presidential elections when the party nominated Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (as a joint presidential candidate to the disappointment of many secular CHP supporters)who claimed the party is leaning towards the right
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tuvalet After putting coma there can we write such a sentence No, it's incorrect (comma splice). " tuvalet CHP has experienced a serious intra-party crisis following the presidential elections when the party nominated Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (as a joint presidential candidate to the disappointment of many secular CHP supporters)who claimed the party is leaning towards the right I would prefer a comma before "who". Apart from a couple of other quibbles (missing full stop, missing space after closing bracket) it's OK.
- tuvalet After putting coma there can we write such a sentence No, it's incorrect (comma splice).
- " tuvalet CHP has experienced a serious intra-party crisis following the presidential elections when the party nominated Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (as a joint presidential candidate to the disappointment of many secular CHP supporters)who claimed the party is leaning towards the right I would prefer a comma before "who".
- Apart from a couple of other quibbles (missing full stop, missing space after closing bracket) it's OK.
- I'm not sure whether "CHP" or "the CHP" is preferred in English.
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tuvaletAfter putting coma there can we write such a sentenceNo, it's incorrect (comma splice). A new sentence should be started at "It has been reported...."
tuvaletCHP has experienced a serious intra-party crisis following the presidential elections when the party nominated Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (as a joint presidential candidate
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I mean how can someone nominate ekmeleddin ihsanoglu as a joint presidential candidate (to the disappointment of many secular supporters
I dont understand the meaning of this sentences "to"is the idiom of what or what is disappointment of many secular supporters
Thank you
I dont understand the meaning of this sentences "to"is the idiom of what or what is disappointment of many secular supporters
Thank you
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If X is done "to the disappointment of" Y, then it just means that the action X caused Y to be disappointed. The party nominated Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. This nomination disappointed many secular CHP supporters.
There is another issue here that I did not previously notice. The original sentence, as I found in another source, has no brackets. Without the brackets the meaning is quite differen
There is another issue here that I did not previously notice. The original sentence, as I found in another source, has no brackets. Without the brackets the meaning is quite differen
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Yeah sorry about the brackets i put them so people can understand better.
I will use bold texts from now on.
By the way i still dont get the meaning of "to the disappointment of"
I am sorry
I mean its not idiom or some reduction of something is it ?
Thank you
I will use bold texts from now on.
By the way i still dont get the meaning of "to the disappointment of"
I am sorry
I mean its not idiom or some reduction of something is it ?
Thank you
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tuvaletBy the way i still dont get the meaning of "to the disappointment of"Oh, OK. Which part of my explanation of the meaning did you not understand?
tuvaletI mean its not idiom or some reduction of something is it ?"to the disappointment of (someone)" is a set pattern of words. I would not quite call it an "idiom",
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Oh i think i get it now.
So basically (though not exactly) "to the disappointment" has a role like a relative caluse in some way.
I thought "to" like a preposition there
Now i kind a get it.
Really thank you so much
So basically (though not exactly) "to the disappointment" has a role like a relative caluse in some way.
I thought "to" like a preposition there
Now i kind a get it.
Really thank you so much
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tuvaletI thought "to" like a preposition there"to" is indeed a preposition there, but its use is quite idiomatic (i.e. not something that you could easily predict if you just knew the basic meaning of "to").
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