One of a spectrum?
Hi!
Could you tell me why the writer did not simply write "but just a spectrum of" instead of "one of a spectrum of"?
Should he not have written; "one of the spectrums of" instead of the colored below? I have never seen "one of + singular noun" being used anywhere.
A third school of thought sees globalization as more profound than the skeptics believe, yet more uncertain than the view of supporters of liberal economics. These transformationalists see state sovereignty as being eroded by the EU, the WTO, and other new institutions, so that sovereignty is no longer an absolute but just one of a spectrum of bargaining leverage held by states.
I would be much obliged if you tell me the meaning of the colored phrase as well.
Thanks.
Top answer
It isn't right. e. there are a range of "leverages", and sovereigny is one of them.
- It isn't right.
- e.
- there are a range of "leverages", and sovereigny is one of them.
- However, "leverages" looks pretty ugly to my eye, so it would be better to find a different word that puralises more readily.
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It isn't right. If there was a plural "leverages", it ought to be "one of a spectrum of bargaining leverages", i.e. there are a range of "leverages", and sovereigny is one of them. However, "leverages" looks pretty ugly to my eye, so it would be better to find a different word that puralises more readily.
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