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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Outside wall
Hi.
What does 'outside their walls' mean in:
"Academic institutions, therefore, useful as they are, are not adequate guardians of the interests of civilization in a world where everyone outside their walls is too busy for unutilitarian pursuits."
http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/praiseidleness_5.htm
Thanks in advance!
What does 'outside their walls' mean in:
"Academic institutions, therefore, useful as they are, are not adequate guardians of the interests of civilization in a world where everyone outside their walls is too busy for unutilitarian pursuits."
http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/praiseidleness_5.htm
Thanks in advance!
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Hi, It means 'everyone who is not part of the academic institutions'. The writer is thinking of each academic institution as being figuratively inside a wall, ie isolated from ordinary life. Clive
- Hi, It means 'everyone who is not part of the academic institutions'.
- The writer is thinking of each academic institution as being figuratively inside a wall, ie isolated from ordinary life.
- Clive
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Hi,
It means 'everyone who is not part of the academic institutions'.
The writer is thinking of each academic institution as being figuratively inside a wall, ie isolated from ordinary life.
Clive
It means 'everyone who is not part of the academic institutions'.
The writer is thinking of each academic institution as being figuratively inside a wall, ie isolated from ordinary life.
Clive
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Hi,
No.
See meaning 2b and the second example.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/institution
and meaning 1a here.
No.
See meaning 2b and the second example.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/institution
and meaning 1a here.
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