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Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Not sure the two lined gist of the article is grammatically correct

¦Article:"This true story is about a government owned shoe factory in Poland in the days when the country had a much more socialist economy. Every month, the Polish government gave the factory materials, and the manager was told to produce a fixed number of shoes. Because there was no profit motive involved, the manager’s basic goal was to meet the quota in the easiest possible way?by producing only small shoes. This production strategy created a problem for people who had big feet, and so the government revised the system. Now the factory received the same amount of materials, but instead of producing a fixed number of shoes, the factory was expected to produce a fixed number of tons of shoes. In other words, the factory’s output would now be weighed rather than counted. And again, the factory’s manager responded in the most efficient way, by producing nothing but huge shoes. In either situation, the government’s strategy did not provide any motivation to produce shoes in various sizes that met people's needs." (source: Duusaan english text book)
I needed to put forward the given gist of the article. So, I wrote the following sentence in English myself:

¦Gist of the article I wrote

Under socialist economic systems, workers are asked to meet the common objectives set by the government without any motivation provided.
I am not sure if it is grammatically correct. Could you help me clarify it? Thanks.
  

Top answer

deborahjeong I needed to put forward the given gist of the article. So, I wrote the following sentence in English myself: That is not natural English. This is better: I needed to summarize the story in a sentence or two.

  • deborahjeong I needed to put forward the given gist of the article.
  • So, I wrote the following sentence in English myself: That is not natural English.
  • This is better: I needed to summarize the story in a sentence or two.
  • I needed to make a short summary of the article.
  • Gist is used in a different context.
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deborahjeongI needed to put forward the given gist of the article. So, I wrote the following sentence in English myself:

That is not natural English. This is better:

I needed to summarize the story in a sentence or two.
I needed to make a short summary of the article.

Gist is used in a different context. Suppose you go to a

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