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Stenka25 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
The inevitable reason of ‘instead’
the inevitable reason of ‘instead’
The passage below is from the following website.
In the sentence I don’t think there is an inevitable reason for the existence of ‘instead.’
Am I right?
If I am wrong can you tell me for what reason this ‘instead’ must be used?
http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=H8AVF5J5&p=6
And it is probably true that the rich do lots of unnecessary damage to the planet as they go on striving to get richer long after the point where it is having much effect on their happiness – they are after all endowed with instincts for ‘rivalrous competition’ descended from hunter-gatherers whose relative, not absolute, status determined their sexual rewards. For this reason a tax on consumption to encourage saving for investment instead is not necessarily a bad idea.
The passage below is from the following website.
In the sentence I don’t think there is an inevitable reason for the existence of ‘instead.’
Am I right?
If I am wrong can you tell me for what reason this ‘instead’ must be used?
http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=H8AVF5J5&p=6
And it is probably true that the rich do lots of unnecessary damage to the planet as they go on striving to get richer long after the point where it is having much effect on their happiness – they are after all endowed with instincts for ‘rivalrous competition’ descended from hunter-gatherers whose relative, not absolute, status determined their sexual rewards. For this reason a tax on consumption to encourage saving for investment instead is not necessarily a bad idea.
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Stenka25 If I am wrong can you tell me for what reason this ‘instead’ must be used? It indicates that saving for investment is being presented as an alternative option.
- Stenka25 If I am wrong can you tell me for what reason this ‘instead’ must be used?
- It indicates that saving for investment is being presented as an alternative option.
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Stenka25If I am wrong can you tell me for what reason this ‘instead’ must be used?It indicates that saving for investment is being presented as an alternative option.
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I wouldn't say 'instead' is essential. The writer has used it to stress that investment is a clear alternative to consumption.
Consider a simpler example.
eg Mary doesn't eat meat. She eats vegetables instead.
Clive
Consider a simpler example.
eg Mary doesn't eat meat. She eats vegetables instead.
Clive
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Stenka25I don’t think there is an inevitable reason for the existence of ‘instead.’I don't either. I think it's obvious that "saving" is being set against "consumption". "instead" only makes the opposition more clearly the focus of the comparison.
CJ
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