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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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The striver is thereby ennobled
aspiration implies a striving after something higher than oneself and usually implies that the striver is thereby ennobled<an aspiration to become president someday>.
pretension suggests ardent desire for recognition of accomplishment often without actual possession of the necessary ability and therefore may imply presumption<has literary pretensions>
Why would the striver be ennobled? He is simply aspiring for something.
Which of the following sentences is correct:
Why would he be ennobled?
Why would be he ennobled?
In what sense is "presumption" used above?
Please help me with the above questions. Thanks.
pretension suggests ardent desire for recognition of accomplishment often without actual possession of the necessary ability and therefore may imply presumption<has literary pretensions>
Why would the striver be ennobled? He is simply aspiring for something.
Which of the following sentences is correct:
Why would he be ennobled?
Why would be he ennobled?
In what sense is "presumption" used above?
Please help me with the above questions. Thanks.
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Jackson6612 Why would the striver be ennobled? He is simply aspiring for something. Sometimes an aspiration is associated with a noble cause - ending world hunger, curing cancer, etc.
- Jackson6612 Why would the striver be ennobled?
- He is simply aspiring for something.
- Sometimes an aspiration is associated with a noble cause - ending world hunger, curing cancer, etc.
- This type of aspiration is ennobling.
- Jackson6612 Which of the following sentences is correct: Why would he be ennobled?
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Jackson6612Why would the striver be ennobled? He is simply aspiring for something.Sometimes an aspiration is associated with a noble cause - ending world hunger, curing cancer, etc. This type of aspiration is ennobling.
Jackson6612Which of the following sentences is correct:
Why would he be ennobled?
Why would be he ennobled?
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