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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Predict our lives "in" comfort and safety

Hi teachers,

I have trouble understanding this sentence.

Technology has allowed us to plan and predict our lives in comfort and safety.

Does it mean

1. Technology gives us the comfort and safety to plan and predict our lives.

2. We are comfortably and safely allowed to plan and predict our lives.

3. We are allowed to plan and predict our lives comfotably and safely.

4. Technology has allowed us to plan and predict our lives in a comfort and safety way.

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

Top answer

To me, this means that when we plan and predict our lives, we can do so in a comfortable and safe environment, thanks to technology. I can't exactly visualise what this entails in practice, and I'm not sure if it's really what the author intended to say. I guess the surrounding context may make it clearer.

— Mr Wordy

  • To me, this means that when we plan and predict our lives, we can do so in a comfortable and safe environment, thanks to technology.
  • I can't exactly visualise what this entails in practice, and I'm not sure if it's really what the author intended to say.
  • I guess the surrounding context may make it clearer.
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To me, this means that when we plan and predict our lives, we can do so in a comfortable and safe environment, thanks to technology.

I can't exactly visualise what this entails in practice, and I'm not sure if it's really what the author intended to say. I guess the surrounding context may make it clearer.
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Hi Mr. Wordy,

Thank you for your help with the explanation. The surrounding context is:

In the twentieth century, our relationship with the world we live in has changed as never before. In the cities that define the modern age, we have created a controlled and ordered environment. Technology has allowed us to plan and predict our lives in comfort and safety. Ye
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Hi Mr. Wordy,


Could you please help me with the following questions? Thank you very much.


AnonymousHi Mr. Wordy,

The surrounding context is:

In the twentieth century, our relationship with the world we live in has changed as never before. In the cities that define the modern age, we have created a controlled and orde
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AnonymousIn the twentieth century, our relationship with the world we live in has changed as never before. In the cities that define the modern age, we have created a controlled and ordered environment. Technology has allowed us to plan and predict our lives in comfort and safety. Yet our lives have often been shaped not only by design but by disaster
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Hi Mr. Wordy,

Thanks again for the explanation.

I'd like to check my understanding of your explanation.

Mr Wordy
No, this is not grammatical. It would have to be "in a comfortable and safe way".

Do you mean the meaning is correct but the grammar isn't?
Mr Wordy

"as never before" is ad
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tinanam0102
Do you mean the meaning is correct but the grammar isn't?


"... plan and predict our lives in a comfort and safety way."

It is possible to guess what this is intended to mean, but it does not conform to the rules of English grammar. Try to picture a sentence in your own language where someone has used the wrong form of a
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Dear Mr. Wordy,

Thank you for helping me. I'll work on these again.

Have a great day.

Regards,

Tinanam
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