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Taka Posted 18 years ago
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0 ・Should we teach him that what he wishes must be done, no matter how 01span00this02span00 may affect the happiness or unhappiness of others?02br
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00What does 'this' in red refer to? 'What he wishes' only? Or the entire 'what he wishes must be done'?0-
  

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0I'd say this = doing whatever it is that he wishes.02br
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0 Semantically, my answer was the same. But grammatically, there is no such thing written in front, so I'm kind of confused...0-
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0The original would be better written as "..., no matter how doing so may affect..."0-
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01font00Should we teach him that 01b01u00what he wishes must be done02u02b00, . . . .02font02br
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00Withut a context, this seems to me like a very odd thing to say. Why can't he just change his mind?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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01cite10Taka12cite10there is no such thing written in front, so I'm kind of confused...12blockquote
10 The referent of certain pronouns need not occur literally. Pronouns like 01i00this, that, 02i00and 01i00it 02i00frequently refer back to general ideas and situations pres
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0 Jim, your examples seems to refer to the entire sentence mentioned in front. 02br
00So do you think 'this' in question also refers to the entire sentence (except 'should') in front: '00we teach him that what he wishes must be done'?0-
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0 I think it 01u00could02u00, but my first impression is the same as GG's.02br
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0For your information, here is the original entire text. Does it further confirm your interpretation?02br
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01span00If we concern ourselves with the child only as an individual and do not consider his also a member of community, we shall give him only a one-sided development. All his life he will live among men; we must decide what his r
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01cite10Taka12cite10If we concern ourselves with the child only as an individual and do not consider his also a member of community, we shall give him only a one-sided development. All his life he will live among men; we must decide what his relationship with them should be. Shall we teach him that he and his desires are the only things that ma
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11cite20Taka22cite20 That 21b21font20we22font22b20 21b20his?22b20 wishes must be done, no matter how 21b20this22b20 may affect the happiness or unhappines
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