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Taka Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
scope of negation
I'm kind of puzzled by this sentence:
It's an evolution and a recreation of that album for the modern day. Just because an album doesn't contain X number of singles or is full of catchy hooks doesn't mean it's bad. This is a complex and epic work. I know a lot of people can't relate to this or truly understand that. If you want a poppy, full of one liners and hooks work, go listen to a Poison CD.
Do you think 'is full of catchy hooks' is a typo and it should be 'is not full of catchy hooks'? Or grammatically is it in the scope of the negation 'not' in 'dosn't contain...' in front?
It's an evolution and a recreation of that album for the modern day. Just because an album doesn't contain X number of singles or is full of catchy hooks doesn't mean it's bad. This is a complex and epic work. I know a lot of people can't relate to this or truly understand that. If you want a poppy, full of one liners and hooks work, go listen to a Poison CD.
Do you think 'is full of catchy hooks' is a typo and it should be 'is not full of catchy hooks'? Or grammatically is it in the scope of the negation 'not' in 'dosn't contain...' in front?
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I agree with you that the meaning of the sentence is confusing. As written, "is full of catchy hooks" is not part of the scope of the negation. ) on the part of the author -- one that native speakers commonly make.
- I agree with you that the meaning of the sentence is confusing.
- As written, "is full of catchy hooks" is not part of the scope of the negation.
- ) on the part of the author -- one that native speakers commonly make.
- Consequently, I also agree with you that the author meant, and should've used, "is not full of catchy hooks," as that appears to agree with the rest of the paragraph.
- " Always remember that just because a native speaker says or writes something that it is not necessarily correct!
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I agree with you that the meaning of the sentence is confusing. As written, "is full of catchy hooks" is not part of the scope of the negation. I don't believe that it is a typo (a typo is an error that occurs as the result of the physical process of typing; for example, a person types "Bob us a nice guy" when the person intended to type "Bob is a nice guy"), but rather a grammatical error (misco
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Thethenothere123Always remember that just because a native speaker says or writes something that it is not necessarily correct!I know. That's why I asked if it was a 'typo' or not.
Anyway, thank you very much!
By the way, speaking of the definition of 'typo', when a typo, as you say, is ' an error that occurs as the result of the p
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Hi,
I interpret as below:
[Just because an album doesn't contain X number of singles or just because an album is full of catchy hooks] doesn't mean it's bad. The negation doesn't apply to the sentence that follows "or".
I interpret as below:
[Just because an album doesn't contain X number of singles or just because an album is full of catchy hooks] doesn't mean it's bad. The negation doesn't apply to the sentence that follows "or".
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Welcome to my world, folks!!!
I am a musician myself (a guitarist), and I would like you to know that an excess of “catchy hooks” in an album is a sign of bad music, because the album would then easily give the impression that the artist is desperately trying to draw in the listener. Too many hooks in music are like too much salt in your food. Moderation in catchy hooks is the golden ru
I am a musician myself (a guitarist), and I would like you to know that an excess of “catchy hooks” in an album is a sign of bad music, because the album would then easily give the impression that the artist is desperately trying to draw in the listener. Too many hooks in music are like too much salt in your food. Moderation in catchy hooks is the golden ru
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TakaI'm kind of puzzled by this sentence:
It's an evolution and a recreation of that album for the modern day. Just because an album doesn't contain X number of singles or is full of catchy hooks doesn't mean it's bad. This is a complex and epic work. I know a lot of people can't relate to this or t
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Thank you, MJ and MrP!
And MrP, could I also have your comments on the definiton of 'typo'?
And MrP, could I also have your comments on the definiton of 'typo'?
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Hello Taka
Strictly speaking, I would use "spelling mistake" for a fault in the synapses (e.g. "there books" for "their books"); "typo", for a fault in the fingers (e.g. "noat" for "boat").
(But where politeness is required, I would always say "typo".)
MrP
Strictly speaking, I would use "spelling mistake" for a fault in the synapses (e.g. "there books" for "their books"); "typo", for a fault in the fingers (e.g. "noat" for "boat").
(But where politeness is required, I would always say "typo".)
MrP
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