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Victorycountry Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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00These days, I read books, and magazines reguarly and find many sentences a little difficult to 'clearly' understand. Using dictionaries do help in finding meanings of new vocabularies, but not in understanding of the whole sentence all the time.02br
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00I am always very grateful to those who have been helping me.02br
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00Thank you!!!02br
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00'Notwithstanding' the fact that little science backs up this notion ( = we are busier than we ever have been), the anecdotal evidence is overwheming.02br
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00=> Would I be able to use '01u00depite02u00' instead of 01u00'notwithstanding'02u00 here? 02br
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00=> 01u00'anecdotal evidence'02u00, does this mean 01u00'possibly not with accurate evidence'02u00? 02br
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00[Hurdle 2]02br
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00We start things and don't finish them and are constantly '01u00nagged'02u00 by the idea that we've forgotten to do something02br
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00=> 01u00'are constantly nagged'02u00, does this mean ' 01u00are constantly worried or irritated02u00?02br
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00[Hurdle 3]02br
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00 That people awash in labor- and time-saving devices, from 01u00'robotic vaccum cleaners to microwave ovens to computers02u00', would feel so harried so often seems counterinuitive.02br
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00=> First, in 01u00'from robotic vaccum cleaners to microwave ovens to computers'02u00, would it be possible to use '01u00and02u00' instead of 01u00'to02u00'?02br
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00e.g. from robotic vaccum cleaner, microwave ovens and computers02br
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00=> Second, 01u00'would feel so harried'02u00, according to a dictionary, one meaning of '01u00harry02u00' is 01u00'to upset somebody by keep asking them questions or for sth'02u00, so does this part mean ' would feel so upsetting someone'?02br
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00=> Last, '01u00counterinuitive02u00', if I understood the meaning of this correctly, then would I be able to say like 01u00'I thought I did the exam so bad, but the results seem counter-intuitive'02u00. According to a dictionary, the meaning of this is 01u00'the opposite of what you would expect or what seems to be obvous'02u00.02br
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00Thanks in advance.0-
  

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02br 02br 00=> Would I be able to use '01u 00depite02u 00' instead of 01u 00'notwithstanding'02u 00 here? 01font 00'to be able to' does not convey the same deontic modality as 'can' does . 'To be able to' does not mean it is possible but capability.

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  • 02br 02br 00=> Would I be able to use '01u 00depite02u 00' instead of 01u 00'notwithstanding'02u 00 here?
  • 01font 00'to be able to' does not convey the same deontic modality as 'can' does .
  • 'To be able to' does not mean it is possible but capability.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00[Hurdle 2]02br 02br 00We start things and don't finish them and are constantly '01u 00nagged'02u 00 by the idea that we've forgotten to do something02br 02br 00=> 01u 00'are constantly nagged'02u 00, does this mean ' 01u 00are constantly worried or irritated02u 00?
  • 02br 02br 00=> First, in 01u 00'from robotic vaccum cleaners to microwave ovens to computers'02u 00, would it be possible to use '01u 00and02u 00' instead of 01u 00'to02u 00'?
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0[Hurdle 1]02br
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00'Notwithstanding' the fact that little science backs up this notion ( = we are busier than we ever have been), the anecdotal evidence is overwheming.02br
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00=> Would I be able to use '01u00depite02u00' instead of 01u00'notwithstanding'02u00 here? 01font0
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