Set pressure for/on?

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Hello,What would be correct to write: set pressur FOR or ON something?the whole sentence being the following:"From the late 1950s one result of the increasing interaction between East and West was that Western life-style, transmitted vividly through films and music, set an enormous pressure for/on the Eastern Bloc."And if a second question is allowed, should 'pressure' be preceded by the particle 'an' or could it be left out,"set enormous pressure"?Many thanks in advance!

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sleeplessWhat would be correct to write: set pressur FOR or ON something?

If the cotnext is technical, i.e. Set the to 15 psi - yes, it is fine. But the context of your sentence didn't seem to be the case. Therefore," set" is not the right choice of word in my opinion. You may say " place the pressure on.......something".

sleepless"From the late 1950s, one result of the increasing interaction between East and West was that Western life-style, transmitted vividly through films and music, set an enormous pressure for/on the Eastern Bloc."an enormous pressure for/on the Eastern Blo

No, not "a pressure". Pressure is uncountable. No article is needed.

Based on the short passage, the meaning iseems to come across. But this part: one result of the increasing interaction between East and West was that Western life-style....., I fine the underlined part wordy and lacking in defined meaning.

sleeplessAlso this clause: transmitted vividly through films and music, set an enormous pressure for/on the Eastern Bloc."

Transmitted - is used passively in the clause construction. It pertains to the western life style (being transmitted through films and music). So the last part of the passage would be moregrammatical and make more sense if it read: "......that the western culture, being tramsmitted vividly through films and music placed enormous pressure on the Eastern Bloc.

That's how I see it.

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