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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
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Precipitous social change this was not, but Jiang’s preoccupations materially improved the lives of ordinary Chinese.
Could you tell me what 'this' is here? Is it an appositive? Or the former part of this sentence can be 'this was not precipitous social change'?
Could you tell me what 'this' is here? Is it an appositive? Or the former part of this sentence can be 'this was not precipitous social change'?
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Right, it is an inverted way of saying "this was not precipitous social change", where "this" refers to something previously mentioned.
- Right, it is an inverted way of saying "this was not precipitous social change", where "this" refers to something previously mentioned.
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Right, it is an inverted way of saying "this was not precipitous social change", where "this" refers to something previously mentioned.
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Or the former part of this sentence can be 'this was not precipitous social change'? Yes.
Your original sentence is just an uncommon, emphatic and somewhat rhetorical word order.
Consider this simpler example.
A genius Tom is not!
Your original sentence is just an uncommon, emphatic and somewhat rhetorical word order.
Consider this simpler example.
A genius Tom is not!
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