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Superlucida Posted 20 years ago
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ON the fact of it
On the fact of it, Hobart is a strange place in which to write a book about postmodernization.
"On the fact of it" can I understand as "actually"?
"in which" can I understand as "therefore"?
"On the fact of it" can I understand as "actually"?
"in which" can I understand as "therefore"?
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Is it possible is originally said "On the face of it"? That would mean that you consider things based on your first impression, or whatever would be your first guess. You would often use that to introduce something that is contrary to that first impression.
- Is it possible is originally said "On the face of it"?
- That would mean that you consider things based on your first impression, or whatever would be your first guess.
- You would often use that to introduce something that is contrary to that first impression.
- "in which" simply means the place where the person writing the book is.
- Hobart is a college, so perhaps the person writing the book is a professor there.
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Is it possible is originally said "On the face of it"? That would mean that you consider things based on your first impression, or whatever would be your first guess. You would often use that to introduce something that is contrary to that first impression.
"in which" simply means the place where the person writing the book is. Hobart is a college, so perhaps the person writing t
"in which" simply means the place where the person writing the book is. Hobart is a college, so perhaps the person writing t
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To me it looks like a misprint for "on the face of it", meaning, "on the surface of it" or "looking at it superficially" or "without considering it in any detail or depth".
in which does not mean therefore.
which simply refers back to place, and in which could just as well have been omitted.
... a strange place to write a book ...
in which does not mean therefore.
which simply refers back to place, and in which could just as well have been omitted.
... a strange place to write a book ...
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The definition here is slightly different from what has been posted in the above:
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On the face of it
Seemingly, based on available evidence, as in On the face of it this
project should break even in six months. This idiom uses face in the
sense of "a superficial view." [Early 1700s]
Meaning #1:
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On the face of it
Seemingly, based on available evidence, as in On the face of it this
project should break even in six months. This idiom uses face in the
sense of "a superficial view." [Early 1700s]
Meaning #1:
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