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JKBelieve Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Please tell me what this sentence menas....

0I was reading a Times article on business executives when I came across this sentence.....02br
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00'Business leaders the world over love to rhapsodize about the virtues of globalization, and they often claim to be driving the process.'02br
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00I haven't a clue about what it is trying to say... can anyone explain this to me? 02br
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00Thanx guys ^^0-
  

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0My guess:02br 02br 00Business leaders all over the world enjoy talking about the advantages of the globalisation process. 02br 02br 00Personally, I think that the original sentence has incorrect syntax. But I do admit that it is a custom of journalists to play with the order of words in sentences.

  • 0My guess:02br 02br 00Business leaders all over the world enjoy talking about the advantages of the globalisation process.
  • 02br 02br 00Personally, I think that the original sentence has incorrect syntax.
  • But I do admit that it is a custom of journalists to play with the order of words in sentences.
  • 02br 02br 00Peter0-
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0My guess:02br
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00Business leaders all over the world enjoy talking about the advantages of the globalisation process. They also state that it is them who is guiding the path of the globalisation process.02br
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00Personally, I think that the original sentence has incorrect syntax. But I do admit that it is a custom of journalists to play with the or
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0 01i00>01b00rhapsodize02b00 about the virtues02br
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00 Syntax has not probs. 0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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00This seems OK to me, aand not merely a journalistic invention. Some word orders are just less common. 02br
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00I think it would be a shame if we lost th

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