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Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

This the latter or that the former

"Praying and fasting are both important.

This means not eating and that means talking to GOD or listening to GOD"

According to the sentence, this means the latter and that means the former.

Did I understand it correctly?

But i thought it is the other way round

Or, it was a gramatically wrong sentence to begin with

Thanks

  

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According to the sentence, this means the latter and that means the former. We don't use this and that in this manner.

— Clive

  • According to the sentence, this means the latter and that means the former.
  • We don't use this and that in this manner.
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According to the sentence, this means the latter and that means the former.

We don't use this and that in this manner.

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Your second sentence is grammatically incorrect sentence in combination with your first sentence:

The first subject in your first sentence is Praying. So Praying is Former. Fasting is the second subject in your sentence. So Fasting is Latter.

Your second sentence This means not eating (Fasting, second subject, latter) and That means talking to *** (Praying, first subject, former).

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