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Silly Sally Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
that of/ that at/ those of
Good greetings, again!
While reading something online, I happened to come across this phrase and find it faulty. A learning curve is a rate someone learns something "at". How could it be "of" there then? It was a well-written article (in BrE, I suppose), a tad explicit, though.
"speed up the learning process far beyond that of traditional learning curves"
While reading something online, I happened to come across this phrase and find it faulty. A learning curve is a rate someone learns something "at". How could it be "of" there then? It was a well-written article (in BrE, I suppose), a tad explicit, though.
"speed up the learning process far beyond that of traditional learning curves"
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'That' refers to 'speed'. ie "speed up the learning process far beyond the speed of traditional learning curves"
- 'That' refers to 'speed'.
- ie "speed up the learning process far beyond the speed of traditional learning curves"
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'That' refers to 'speed'.
ie "speed up the learning process far beyond the speed of traditional learning curves"
ie "speed up the learning process far beyond the speed of traditional learning curves"
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Thanks. So, is it correct to say "speed OF curves", while "curves" meaning "rates"? I, by the way, thought it referred to "learning process".
What if "speed up" is replaced with "accelerate" or "expedite" in the original phrase, would it still be as fine or would "that" need to be changed to "speed" for the phrase to be correct?
Thank you, again.
What if "speed up" is replaced with "accelerate" or "expedite" in the original phrase, would it still be as fine or would "that" need to be changed to "speed" for the phrase to be correct?
Thank you, again.
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PS: A good friend just raise a point: the noun "speed" does not appear anywhere.
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Silly SallyI happened to come across this phrase and find it faulty. ... speed up the learning process far beyond that of traditional learning curvesTechnically it is faulty. There is no noun that "that" replaces. The reader is expected to generate the noun "speed" from the verb "speed up", which shouldn't happen in good writing. Here's a way of wri
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Thank you, CJ. What if It were only "speed up the learning process beyond traditional learning curves", like speeding up a process beyond a rate? Still faulty?
Oxforddictionary.com describes a learning curve to be a rate.
The rate of a person’s progress in gaining experience or new skills: the latest software packages have a steep learning curve
Oxforddictionary.com describes a learning curve to be a rate.
learning curve
The rate of a person’s progress in gaining experience or new skills: the latest software packages have a steep learning curve
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Silly SallyWhat if It were only "speed up the learning process beyond traditional learning curves", like speeding up a process beyond a rate? Still faulty?It sounds all right to me. The faulty part was the phrase "that of", and this version does not contain "that of".
Silly SallyOxforddictionary.com describes a learning curve to be a
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Thank you so much, CJ. Would it still be fine if one says "accelerate" instead of "speed up"? I just want to make sure that "speed up" is not the only way to say this with.
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Silly SallyWould it still be fine if one says "accelerate" instead of "speed up"?Yes.
CJ
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