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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Nonliterate
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Many other nonliterates [besides hunter-gatherers], people who
live in permanent, settled groups that accumulate food surpluses
through agriculture, are quite similar politically [to huntergatherers]…
These tribesmen lack strong leadership and
domination among adult males, they make their group decisions
by consensus and they too exhibit an egalitarian ideology…
--- Does it mean that these are people who didn't know how to write and "besides hunter-gatherers" mean that the latter knew how to write?
Many other nonliterates [besides hunter-gatherers], people who
live in permanent, settled groups that accumulate food surpluses
through agriculture, are quite similar politically [to huntergatherers]…
These tribesmen lack strong leadership and
domination among adult males, they make their group decisions
by consensus and they too exhibit an egalitarian ideology…
--- Does it mean that these are people who didn't know how to write and "besides hunter-gatherers" mean that the latter knew how to write?
Top answer
" It seems like we're comparing two groups of people who can't read or write. One group are farmers and one group are hunters. But both groups have certain similarities in the way they handle "political" issues.
- " It seems like we're comparing two groups of people who can't read or write.
- One group are farmers and one group are hunters.
- But both groups have certain similarities in the way they handle "political" issues.
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"Besides" means "in addition to."
It seems like we're comparing two groups of people who can't read or write.
One group are farmers and one group are hunters.
But both groups have certain similarities in the way they handle "political" issues.
It seems like we're comparing two groups of people who can't read or write.
One group are farmers and one group are hunters.
But both groups have certain similarities in the way they handle "political" issues.
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For practical purposes, yes; but you can't always substitute one for the other and keep the exact meaning. "In addition to" works better.
I have A and I have B.
Besides A, I have B.
In addition to A, I have B. (A and B are two separate things.)
Including A, I have B. This describes an option. If I count A, then I have B. A is include
I have A and I have B.
Besides A, I have B.
In addition to A, I have B. (A and B are two separate things.)
Including A, I have B. This describes an option. If I count A, then I have B. A is include
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