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Kk Posted 20 years ago
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Hello, 

I am not sure whether the two sentences make sense in term of grammar and semantics.

Can you give me a hand with checking them

Thank you for your help.




1. Whether television can provide the aspects of knowledge as much as books can is contingent on what channel audiences watch.



2. So seriously do activists take their social movements that their goals can be attained.
  

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Kk 1. Whether television can provide the aspects of knowledge as much as books can is contingent on what channel audiences watch. It's grammatical, but "the aspects of knowledge" is an unexpected phrase.

  • Kk 1.
  • Whether television can provide the aspects of knowledge as much as books can is contingent on what channel audiences watch.
  • It's grammatical, but "the aspects of knowledge" is an unexpected phrase.
  • I would reword it: Whether television can provide all of the aspects of knowledge, as do books, is dependent on which channel audiences watch.
  • or Whether television can provide as many aspects of knowledge as books, and as thoroughly, is dependent on which channel audiences watch.
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Kk1. Whether television can provide the aspects of knowledge as much as books can is contingent on what channel audiences watch.

It's grammatical, but "the aspects of knowledge" is an unexpected phrase. I would reword it: Whether television can provide all of the aspects of knowledge, as do books, is dependent on which channel audiences wat

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