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Sitifan Posted 16 years ago
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Put a human face on

These photographs put a human face on an abstract political event.
What does the above sentence mean?
  

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Put a human face on = reveal the human elements of

  • Put a human face on = reveal the human elements of
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Put a human face on = reveal the human elements of
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In reality there's probably no such thing as an abstract political event. The media coverage can be done to make it seem one way or the other - or (unlikely) close to the truth.

Whoever wrote your example sentence perhaps wanted to exaggerate the contrast between the legal aspect and the human aspect, promoting the photographs.

Even if you analytically strip the "event" do

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