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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
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Hi
Please tell me if this sounds OK.

The setting of the village court affected his feelings as the judge.

Context: A ordinary person sees a change coming over in him once he has made the judge in a village court to solve a dispute.
  

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vsuresh The setting of the village court affected his feelings as the judge. It's not clear what you mean by "setting". Also, the purpose of "as the judge" us unclear.

  • vsuresh The setting of the village court affected his feelings as the judge.
  • It's not clear what you mean by "setting".
  • Also, the purpose of "as the judge" us unclear.
  • It reads as if the person whose feelings were affected is the judge, but this doesn't seem consistent with the context below.
  • vsuresh Context: A ordinary person sees a change coming over in him once he has made the judge in a village court to solve a dispute.
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vsureshThe setting of the village court affected his feelings as the judge.
It's not clear what you mean by "setting". Also, the purpose of "as the judge" us unclear. It reads as if the person whose feelings were affected is the judge, but this doesn't seem consistent with the context below.
vsureshContext: A ordinary person sees a
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Thank you, GPY

Here is some information on the context

The student needs to answer a question on the literary feature "setting" based on a story that is set in a village.
In the story one of the villagers is nominated as the head of the village court.This person though reluctant to accept the post initially, accepts to be the judge after seeing the respect people have for him
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Aha, you mean:

An ordinary person sees a change coming over him once he has been made (= been appointed) judge in a village court

Sorry, I probably should have realised. Perhaps you could say this:

Within the setting of the village court, his feelings about being a judge changed.
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Thank you,GPY.

By the way I want to know if this with "as a child, teacher" are OK.
Those events had an impact on him as a teacher.

Does this mean he,as a teacher was affected by them?
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vsureshBy the way I want to know if this with "as a child, teacher" are OK. Those events had an impact on him as a teacher. Does this mean he,as a teacher was affected by them?
Yes.

However, I don't know what you mean by "as a child, teacher", nor how that relates to your sentence.
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Thank you,GPY.

I'm sorry I didn't make it clear. I gave them as examples.

Now let me write a sentence with "...as a child"

She read a lot of stories as a child.
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vsureshI'm sorry I didn't make it clear. I gave them as examples.Now let me write a sentence with "...as a child"She read a lot of stories as a child.
Yes, that's fine too.

A slightly fussy additional point: In discussions of English language or grammar, if you want to give a list of alternative words, any one of which may be used, it's normally clear
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I understand. Thank you,GPY.

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