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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Purpose; pursue

Hi,

A global company can be further described as one that pursues either a strategy of serving world markes from a single country, or one that sources globally for the purposes of focusing on select country markets.

1) Does 'pursue' here mean simply 'adopt' or 'continue using over a long time'?

My dictionary gives me the second, but in this paragraph (from a textbook) wouldn't whether a company tries to use the strategy over a period of time be irrelevant?

2) Why 'purposes' but not 'purpose'?

Thanks in advance
  

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Christanford 1) Does 'pursue' here mean simply 'adopt' or 'continue using over a long time'? I'd say it's a combination of both. Whether they continue for a long period of time doesn't really change the meaning.

— RayH

  • Christanford 1) Does 'pursue' here mean simply 'adopt' or 'continue using over a long time'?
  • I'd say it's a combination of both.
  • Whether they continue for a long period of time doesn't really change the meaning.
  • If they go out of business a week or a decade after they started, the statement would still be true.
  • Christanford 2) Why 'purposes' but not 'purpose'?
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Christanford1) Does 'pursue' here mean simply 'adopt' or 'continue using over a long time'?
I'd say it's a combination of both. Whether they continue for a long period of time doesn't really change the meaning. If they go out of business a week or a decade after they started, the statement would still be true.
Christanford2) Why 'purpos
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