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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Roosevelt speech - grammar question
May someone explain the phrase "are not be stunted" extracted from the Roosevelt speech to me? Is stunted used as an adjedtive or is this some kind of passive construction? (Wouldn't it be "are not stunted" then?)
"In a republic, to be successful we must learn to combine intensity of conviction with a broad tolerance of difference of conviction. Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike ARE NOT BE STUNTED, if there is to be room for healthy growth."
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"In a republic, to be successful we must learn to combine intensity of conviction with a broad tolerance of difference of conviction. Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike ARE NOT BE STUNTED, if there is to be room for healthy growth."
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Anonymous "are not to be stunted" I don't know where you got this, but in the original speech, it was "are not to be stunted", which means something like "cannot be permitted to be stunted". if conscience and intellect are not to be stunted ~ if we don't want to allow conscience and intellect to be stunted Does that answer your question or do you still need help? CJ
- Anonymous "are not to be stunted" I don't know where you got this, but in the original speech, it was "are not to be stunted", which means something like "cannot be permitted to be stunted".
- if conscience and intellect are not to be stunted ~ if we don't want to allow conscience and intellect to be stunted Does that answer your question or do you still need help?
- CJ
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Anonymous "are not to be stunted"I don't know where you got this, but in the original speech, it was "are not to be stunted", which means something like "cannot be permitted to be stunted".
if conscience and intellect are not to be stunted ~ if we don't want to allow conscience and intellect to be stu
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Thank you, okay, than there was a error in the source.
Could you explain this construction a little bit more in detail "are not to be", please? Is this the same construction like "are allowed to be" or something else?
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Could you explain this construction a little bit more in detail "are not to be", please? Is this the same construction like "are allowed to be" or something else?
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AnonymousIs this the same construction like "are allowed to be" or something else?Something else, but similar. The construction here is
if X is not to be Y
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if we don't want X to be Y
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if we don't want to let X be/become Y
You won't find this expression much. That speech was made in a rather formal style more than 50 year
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