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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
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positive and negative sides of "concern"
1. Does the bluish highlighted sentence mean that "he wants that the institutuion he is working for to have a sense of functionality about him, i. e he continues to seem functional for the institutuion he is working for"?
2. Does "concern" in the green highlighted sentence has a positive meaning implying that "he seeks to transform the ethos of the museum" or a negative meaning implying that "he seeks a way not to transform the ethos of the museum"?
3. And, why is "his" used to mention "the museum"?
Context:
Whilst doubtless concurring broadly with the street-ward impulse of Hall’s portrayal – which is recent and perhaps original in its formulation, but (again) hardly new – Bonami, as a museum curator, is anxious naturally to retain a viable sense of functionality for the institution in which he is employed. His concern, therefore, is to transform the ethos of the museum, and this is effected, in a sense, by admitting into his building the movement and vitality – or ‘contaminating action’ – of the street on the one hand and the pedestrian-participant on the other.
2. Does "concern" in the green highlighted sentence has a positive meaning implying that "he seeks to transform the ethos of the museum" or a negative meaning implying that "he seeks a way not to transform the ethos of the museum"?
3. And, why is "his" used to mention "the museum"?
Context:
Whilst doubtless concurring broadly with the street-ward impulse of Hall’s portrayal – which is recent and perhaps original in its formulation, but (again) hardly new – Bonami, as a museum curator, is anxious naturally to retain a viable sense of functionality for the institution in which he is employed. His concern, therefore, is to transform the ethos of the museum, and this is effected, in a sense, by admitting into his building the movement and vitality – or ‘contaminating action’ – of the street on the one hand and the pedestrian-participant on the other.
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" red apple His concern, therefore, is to transform the ethos of the museum, and this is effected, in a sense, by admitting into his building the movement and vitality His concern = what he is very interested in. red apple by admitting into his building the movement and vitality The building (there may be several in the museum complex) whose installations and exhibits he is responsible for.
- " red apple His concern, therefore, is to transform the ethos of the museum, and this is effected, in a sense, by admitting into his building the movement and vitality His concern = what he is very interested in.
- red apple by admitting into his building the movement and vitality The building (there may be several in the museum complex) whose installations and exhibits he is responsible for.
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red apple to retain a viable sense of functionality for the institution in which he is employedBonami wants his museum to have the quality of being "functional."
red appleHis concern, therefore, is to transform the ethos of the museum, and this is effected, in a sense, by admitting into his building the movement and vitality
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