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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

striking

0 01i00Given that children may have very different intellectual endowments, it is the similarities not the dissimilarities in their in their linguistic development that are so 01font00striking.02br
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02font02i01font00My book (written in Japanese) interprets the 'striking' above as 'conspicuous', but is it really so?02br
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00Personally, that interpretation doesn't really make sense. I think it's rather close to 'impressive'...02br
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12br 12font 12i 12br 12blockquote 10Hi Taka,02br 02br 00In this context, I believe 01i 00striking 02i 00means unusually attractive. I got this from my dictionary. 02br 00I am not sure if it is the same as 01i 00conspicious02i 00.

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  • 12br 12font 12i 12br 12blockquote 10Hi Taka,02br 02br 00In this context, I believe 01i 00striking 02i 00means unusually attractive.
  • I got this from my dictionary.
  • 02br 00I am not sure if it is the same as 01i 00conspicious02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 00Cheers,02br 00Ernest0-
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11cite20Taka22cite21i20Given that children may have very different intellectual endowments, it is the similarities not the dissimilarities in their in their linguistic development that are so 21font20striking.22br
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0I feel uncomfortable with 01i00Given02i00, I’d like to add 01i00even02i00 befor it.02br
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00So, according to the discourse, I'd take 01i00striking02i00 as 01i00conspicuous02i00, or 01i00prominent02i00, which means having a quality th
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0 In this context "striking" means that it stands out - is noticeable, or particularly interesting.0-
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0Something that is "striking", in this kind of context, is "something that makes you sit up and take notice."02br
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00So whereas both "impressive" and "conspicuous" have a passive air to them (you might not notice a "conspicuous landmark", or an "impressive physique"), "striking" has a very active sense: it's as if the thing that is "striking" reaches out and hits you over
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0Hi guys, 02br
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00A minor aside, probably just a typo.02br
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01i00Given that children may have very different intellectual endowments, it is the similarities 01font00and 02font00not the dissimilarities in their linguistic development that 00are so 02i00striking.02br
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0 MrP,02br
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00My understanding of the passage is this:02br
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00Children may have very different intellectual endowments. If so, then, logically speaking, their linguistic development should be also different. In reality, however, the development is similar, regardless of the difference in their intellectual endowments, 01font
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0Hello Taka,02br
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00Yes; the phenomenon is counterintuitive, and "makes its presence felt".02br
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00All the best,02br
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00MrP0-
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