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Zuotengdazuo Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The time concern over ... appeared to underlie a decision?

We’ve covered Plath’s work and legacy in other contexts, too, like the forty-voice fiftieth-anniversary celebration of her book Ariel at London’s Southbank Centre, the auctioning of a rare galley of The Bell Jar, the time concern over her abusive relationship with husband Ted Hughes appeared to underlie a decision by Hughes’s second wife (and widow) to rescind permission she had granted a biographer to consult his journals.

Hi, everyone. I can't figure out the grammar construction of the underlined part so I don't understand the meaning it. Could you help me understand it?

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I'm a native English speaker in the US, and I don't understand the underlined sentence either. In particular, the phrase, "the time concern," make no sense in English. The underlined sentence does not seem to fit the paragraph.

  • I'm a native English speaker in the US, and I don't understand the underlined sentence either.
  • In particular, the phrase, "the time concern," make no sense in English.
  • The underlined sentence does not seem to fit the paragraph.
  • The writer might have been writing from notes and mistakenly put in something from his notes about another situation: Plath's relationship with her husband.
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I'm a native English speaker in the US, and I don't understand the underlined sentence either. In particular, the phrase, "the time concern," make no sense in English. The underlined sentence does not seem to fit the paragraph. The writer might have been writing from notes and mistakenly put in something from his notes about another situation: Plath's relationship with her husband.

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