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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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The author has the ability to cut through rational plane but comes shor

Hi

I heard someone saying something like that the author has the ability to cut through rational plane but comes short when he comes to emotional plane.

Do you find that someone's statement correct? Please let me know. Thanks.
  

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Dear Jackson In English, a plane can mean a flat surface. To "cut through a plane" means to get past the surface - like a diver who cuts through the surface of the water Used as a metaphor, the rational plane is what we normally understand about objects, time and space. To cut through the rational plane is to have a good understanding of how things work in the world The emotional plane is about feelings.

  • Dear Jackson In English, a plane can mean a flat surface.
  • To "cut through a plane" means to get past the surface - like a diver who cuts through the surface of the water Used as a metaphor, the rational plane is what we normally understand about objects, time and space.
  • To cut through the rational plane is to have a good understanding of how things work in the world The emotional plane is about feelings.
  • To cut through the emotional plane is to understand or explain how people feel about something: it is about their emotions The sentence that you give means that the writer is good at describing how things work - which is a good thing for a writer to do - but they are not so good at describing how people feel about it Hope this helps, Dave
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Dear Jackson

In English, a plane can mean a flat surface. To "cut through a plane" means to get past the surface - like a diver who cuts through the surface of the water

Used as a metaphor, the rational plane is what we normally understand about objects, time and space. To cut through the rational plane is to have a good understanding of how things work in the world

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