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Stenka25 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Pronoun problem
pronoun problem
The passage below is from a book, Justice, Gender, And The Family.
http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=wl3R1rYDqP8C&pg=PA151&dq=%22This+both+affects+the+predominantly+houseworking+wife%27s+power%22&hl=ko&sa=X&ei=Bd7qUbOrG47PkgXJpIH4DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22This%20both%20affects%20the%20predominantly%20houseworking%20wife's%20power%22&f=false
In the highly money-oriented society we live in, the housewife's work is devalued. In fact, in spite of the fact that a major part of it consists of the nurturance and socialization of the next generation of citizens, it is frequently not even acknowledged as work or as productive, either at the personal or at the policy level. This both affects the predominantly houseworking wife's power and influence within the family and means that her social status depends largely upon her husband's...
In this passage, I’m not sure of what the underlined “This both” represents? It seems to stand for preceding sentence, but the “both” of “This both” supposed to mean there specifically is “two of something” that suggests the underlined part.
Can you help me with this dilemma?
The passage below is from a book, Justice, Gender, And The Family.
http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=wl3R1rYDqP8C&pg=PA151&dq=%22This+both+affects+the+predominantly+houseworking+wife%27s+power%22&hl=ko&sa=X&ei=Bd7qUbOrG47PkgXJpIH4DQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22This%20both%20affects%20the%20predominantly%20houseworking%20wife's%20power%22&f=false
In the highly money-oriented society we live in, the housewife's work is devalued. In fact, in spite of the fact that a major part of it consists of the nurturance and socialization of the next generation of citizens, it is frequently not even acknowledged as work or as productive, either at the personal or at the policy level. This both affects the predominantly houseworking wife's power and influence within the family and means that her social status depends largely upon her husband's...
In this passage, I’m not sure of what the underlined “This both” represents? It seems to stand for preceding sentence, but the “both” of “This both” supposed to mean there specifically is “two of something” that suggests the underlined part.
Can you help me with this dilemma?
Top answer
Stenka25 Can you help me with this dilemma? Yes. In this case, "this both" is not an altogether expression.
- Stenka25 Can you help me with this dilemma?
- Yes.
- In this case, "this both" is not an altogether expression.
- "This" and "both" are separated.
- "This" refers to what is described before.
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Stenka25Can you help me with this dilemma?Yes. In this case, "this both" is not an altogether expression. "This" and "both" are separated. "This" refers to what is described before. "Both" refers to the two actions that follow. It means that "this" does two things: it affects the predominantly houseworking wife's power and influence within the f
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"This" refers to what has been previously mentioned. "both" signals that "This" is the subject of two clauses following. I.e.:
This affects the predominantly houseworking wife's power and influence within the family
and also ...
This means that her social status depends largely upon her husband's...
This affects the predominantly houseworking wife's power and influence within the family
and also ...
This means that her social status depends largely upon her husband's...
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