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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Over the long term / that
Hi teachers,
The muted reaction initally - and, to go out on a limb here, probably over the long term as well - arguable reflects a radical shift in what environmental risks we are willing to tolerate. For more than a decade we have been bombarded with near apocalyptic forecasts of the hell that climate change will bring. The public processes these warnings as things they have been hearing for years but that have not occured.
1. What does "over the long term" mean in the passage?
2. What does "that" refer to?
Thank you.
Tinanam
The muted reaction initally - and, to go out on a limb here, probably over the long term as well - arguable reflects a radical shift in what environmental risks we are willing to tolerate. For more than a decade we have been bombarded with near apocalyptic forecasts of the hell that climate change will bring. The public processes these warnings as things they have been hearing for years but that have not occured.
1. What does "over the long term" mean in the passage?
2. What does "that" refer to?
Thank you.
Tinanam
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1. over the long term - the years that followed the start of the warnings/forecasts. 2.
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- over the long term - the years that followed the start of the warnings/forecasts.
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- that - the **** the climate will bring (disasters).
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1. over the long term - the years that followed the start of the warnings/forecasts.
2. that - the **** the climate will bring (disasters).
2. that - the **** the climate will bring (disasters).
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1. It's the opposite of initially, in other words much later in time, later in the future.
2. That is a relative pronoun referring to things: The public processes these warnings as things [that] they have been hearing for years but t
2. That is a relative pronoun referring to things: The public processes these warnings as things [that] they have been hearing for years but t
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Hi Cool Breeze,
Thank you so much for your explanation.
1. That here means the apocalyptic forecasts, warnings they have hearing, but that have not occured.
2. Why isn't "these" used instead of "that"?
3. Somebody forgot their/his/her book. Aren't all three pronouns correct?
Thank you.
Tinanam
Thank you so much for your explanation.
1. That here means the apocalyptic forecasts, warnings they have hearing, but that have not occured.
2. Why isn't "these" used instead of "that"?
3. Somebody forgot their/his/her book. Aren't all three pronouns correct?
Thank you.
Tinanam
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tinanam01022. Why isn't "these" used instead of "that"?English relative pronouns have no plurals. Easy!
This is the book that I want.
These are the books that I want.
But: I want this book. I want these books.
tinanam01023. Somebody forgot their/his/her book. Aren't all thr
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