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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
'of'
Hi.
Is the preposition 'of' used correctly in:
Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of walking stick and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these persian paintings, walking stick is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-gnostic, and a cultural and mythology analysis of this sign in the respective textual system will be presented.
?Thanks in advance
Is the preposition 'of' used correctly in:
Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of walking stick and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these persian paintings, walking stick is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-gnostic, and a cultural and mythology analysis of this sign in the respective textual system will be presented.
?Thanks in advance
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"of" is correct, but a few other things aren't quite right. Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of the walking stick and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these P ersian paintings, the walking stick is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-gnostic, and a cultural and mythological analysis of this sign in the respective textual system will be presented.
- "of" is correct, but a few other things aren't quite right.
- Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of the walking stick and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these P ersian paintings, the walking stick is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-gnostic, and a cultural and mythological analysis of this sign in the respective textual system will be presented.
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"of" is correct, but a few other things aren't quite right.
Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of the walking stick and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these Persian paintings, the walking stick is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-gnostic, and a cultural and mythological analysis of thi
Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of the walking stick and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these Persian paintings, the walking stick is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-gnostic, and a cultural and mythological analysis of thi
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This is a case where the definite article is used to refer not to a single identified instance of something, but to an abstract instance that stands for a whole class of similar things. It's like saying "the whale is a large marine animal" (any whale; whales in general), for example, or "the brain is the most complicated organ in the body" (any brain/body; brains/bodies in general).
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See if it is corrected, please:
(I changed walking stick to staff)
Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of the staff and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these paintings, the staff is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-mystic, and a cultural and mythological analysis of this sign in the respective textual system will be
(I changed walking stick to staff)
Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of the staff and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these paintings, the staff is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-mystic, and a cultural and mythological analysis of this sign in the respective textual system will be
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soheil1Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of the staff and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these paintings, the staff is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-mystic, and a cultural and mythological analysis of this sign in the respective textual system will be presented.Hmm. Looking again
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GPY soheil1Thus emphasizing the cultural sign of the staff and analyzing it in the context of the three-category system of Peirce, in these paintings, the staff is categorized in the two distinct social classes of royal and religious-mystic, and a cultural and mythological analysis of this sign in the respective textual system will be presented.Hmm. Looking again... Who i
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soheil1The author of the text should be.
soheil1I guess the author of the textThen this is another dangling participle, a bit like "considering" in the other thread. In other words, the subject of "emphasizing" and "analyzing" is not properly picked up in the second part of the sentence. One possibility is to change t
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cultural sign is a physical object while significance is an abstract concept. read about signs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce#Signs
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_San
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_San
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While the staff can be a cultural sign (or cultural symbol), the intended meaning of "emphasizing the cultural sign of the staff" is rather unclear. In particular, it does not mean emphasizing that the staff is a cultural sign (or has cultural meaning or significance). Most probably it is not the best way of saying what you mean. I recommend that you reconsider whether "significance" is rea
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