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The usage of "how"

"The keeping of a Philosophical journal need not be a new project altogether. It can also simply be the adaptation of your existing daily entries in your diary, with the added component of analyzing the data you have recorded in this way. Instead of merely writing down the particulars of something like the purchase of a new suit, you may analyze this event by writing a comment underneath the specific entry in your diary to state — for example — how you focused on purchasing a suit which would be durable and appropriate for your working environment, rather than choosing a flashy outfit to compensate for possible feelings of inferiority."


Does "altogether" mean "completely"?

I don't know why the author use "how" in the bold text. Could I replace it with "that"?

  

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XVI Does "altogether" mean "completely"? Yes. The project need not be completely/entirely new.

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  • XVI Does "altogether" mean "completely"?
  • Yes.
  • The project need not be completely/entirely new.
  • XVI I don't know why the author use "how" in the bold text.
  • In full, this "how" means "the way/manner in which".
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XVIDoes "altogether" mean "completely"?

Yes. The project need not be completely/entirely new.

XVII don't know why the author use "how" in the bold text.

In full, this "how" means "the way/manner in which". For example, "I explained how I had solved the puzzle". However, in cases such as yours, the idea of "way" or

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XVIDoes "altogether" mean "completely"?I don't know why the author use "how" in the bold text. Could I replace it with "that"?

... how you focused on purchasing a suit which would be durable and appropriate for your working environment, rather than choosing a flashy outfit to compensate for possible feelings of inferiority.

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