0
Dela Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
pool the ignorance
He explained, "I was asked to write an article called 'What We Dont Know About Jealousy' for a new magazine. The problem is that I don't know much about jealousy. But I thought if you were interested in the subject, we could pool our ignorance and have some fun writing the article togehter."
I have 2 questions:
1, what does pool our ignorance mean?
2, "thought" and "were" here are only for the past tense or have other implication? as it seems OK to say " I think if you are interested in the ...."
I have 2 questions:
1, what does pool our ignorance mean?
2, "thought" and "were" here are only for the past tense or have other implication? as it seems OK to say " I think if you are interested in the ...."
Top answer
Hi Dela, When you "pool" something, you combine it. Usually, you pool your knowledge, but the writer is having a little bit of fun, saying he or she doesn't know much about it, so instead of combining what they do know, they are combining what they don't know. Thought is used correctly - he or she has already had this thought about writing the article together.
- Hi Dela, When you "pool" something, you combine it.
- Usually, you pool your knowledge, but the writer is having a little bit of fun, saying he or she doesn't know much about it, so instead of combining what they do know, they are combining what they don't know.
- Thought is used correctly - he or she has already had this thought about writing the article together.
- It could also be "I was thinking," because he (or she) is still acting on that thought.
- Were is used as a conditional.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
2 Answers
0
Hi Dela,
When you "pool" something, you combine it. Usually, you pool your knowledge, but the writer is having a little bit of fun, saying he or she doesn't know much about it, so instead of combining what they do know, they are combining what they don't know.
Thought is used correctly - he or she has already had this thought about writing the article together. It could a
When you "pool" something, you combine it. Usually, you pool your knowledge, but the writer is having a little bit of fun, saying he or she doesn't know much about it, so instead of combining what they do know, they are combining what they don't know.
Thought is used correctly - he or she has already had this thought about writing the article together. It could a
00
1. Put together our respective ignorance(s).
2. Were is subjunctive mood here, and describes a hypothetical situation, considered in the past. See GG's translation.
2. Were is subjunctive mood here, and describes a hypothetical situation, considered in the past. See GG's translation.
0
Related Questions