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Taka Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Programmed

Human beings are designed to make mistakes, programmed for error.

About the 'programmed...' in bold, is it simply a repition of the passive forms as:

Human beings are [designed to make mistake mistakes ].

Or is it an adverbial phrase that modifies some part in front?
  

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Taka Human beings are designed to make mistakes, programmed for error . ' in bold, is it simply a repition of the passive forms as: Human beings are [designed to make mistake mistakes ]. Yes, exactly.

— BarbaraPA

  • Taka Human beings are designed to make mistakes, programmed for error .
  • ' in bold, is it simply a repition of the passive forms as: Human beings are [designed to make mistake mistakes ].
  • Yes, exactly.
  • Or, if you wish, you can take "programmed for error" as a way of defining what "designed to make mistakes" means.
  • Either way, there's no real difference.
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TakaHuman beings are designed to make mistakes, programmed for error.


About the 'programmed...' in bold, is it simply a repition of the passive forms as:

Human beings are [designed to make mistake mistakes ].


Yes, exactly.

Or, if you wish, you can take "programmed for error" as a way of defini
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