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Stenka25 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of a sentence.
What the lower order of creation does from instinct, mankind do from experience and reason. It is not that man is entirely devoid of instinct, but that it is in him very (im)perfect. Yet how superior man is in respect to reason, intelligence, and conscience!
I posted a thread asking the structure of the underlined part of the above sentence. I asked them if it's OK that 'perfect' is replaced with 'perfectly'.
A lot of answers saying 'no' were posted.
People say that since the sentence actually "it (= instinct) is perfect in him," 'perfect' can't be 'perfectly.'
one post said that the sentences in question was from the book "Proverbs Arranged in Alphabetical Order, William H Porter: published in 1845".
To my surprise, it was found out that "perfect" was actually "IMPERFECT" in the original text.
And I really appreciate all of them.
But I still don't know what that sentence means.
Can you tell me what that sentence means?
I posted a thread asking the structure of the underlined part of the above sentence. I asked them if it's OK that 'perfect' is replaced with 'perfectly'.
A lot of answers saying 'no' were posted.
People say that since the sentence actually "it (= instinct) is perfect in him," 'perfect' can't be 'perfectly.'
one post said that the sentences in question was from the book "Proverbs Arranged in Alphabetical Order, William H Porter: published in 1845".
To my surprise, it was found out that "perfect" was actually "IMPERFECT" in the original text.
And I really appreciate all of them.
But I still don't know what that sentence means.
Can you tell me what that sentence means?
Top answer
In the course of making this post, I got the meaning. Sorry to trouble you. But I can't help it now, I cannot cancel my thread.
- In the course of making this post, I got the meaning.
- Sorry to trouble you.
- But I can't help it now, I cannot cancel my thread.
- Sorry again.
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In the course of making this post, I got the meaning.
Sorry to trouble you.
But I can't help it now, I cannot cancel my thread.
Sorry again.
Sorry to trouble you.
But I can't help it now, I cannot cancel my thread.
Sorry again.
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Yes, imperfect makes more sense.
Your friends are correct. "It is X" calls for an adjective or noun complement, not an adverb.
We constantly marvel at the things animals do by instinct. Science is only very gradually coming to understand some of them.
How does a flock of birds do a one-eighty with perfect precision in a split second? How do birds find their way, mig
Your friends are correct. "It is X" calls for an adjective or noun complement, not an adverb.
We constantly marvel at the things animals do by instinct. Science is only very gradually coming to understand some of them.
How does a flock of birds do a one-eighty with perfect precision in a split second? How do birds find their way, mig
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