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Silak12 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Relative terms?
Hi, everyone.
Could you tell me what the phrase "relative terms"(in bold) means?
| Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water:...... |
In the commentary on this verse, the writer wrote: "Reaching the setting of the sun does not mean the extreme west, for there is no such thing. West and East are relative terms. It means a western expedition terminated by a "spring of murky water".
Thanks!
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silak12 West and East are relative terms. e. there is no 'west' as a place.
- silak12 West and East are relative terms.
- e.
- there is no 'west' as a place.
- It must be used or considered as 'more west than some other place'.
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silak12West and East are relative terms.
= they are always in reference to another place, i.e. there is no 'west' as a place. It must be used or considered as 'more west than some other place'.
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