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Henry74 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

To graft

Hello,

Could you please tell me if it possible to use the verb graft in a figurative sense, as in my sentence below?

Suppose you do an interactive performance which generates material that you will use to give shape to a number of projects that elaborate and build on the original material from the performance.

Can I say

- The performance X is a point of origin on which I will graft increasingly more elaborated outputs?

Thank you
H.
  

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That sounds awkward and strained and unclear to me. I prefer your previous wording. eg X is an interactive performance which generates material that I will use to shape a number of projects that elaborate and build on the original material.

— Clive

  • That sounds awkward and strained and unclear to me.
  • I prefer your previous wording.
  • eg X is an interactive performance which generates material that I will use to shape a number of projects that elaborate and build on the original material.
  • Clive
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That sounds awkward and strained and unclear to me.

I prefer your previous wording.
eg X is an interactive performance which generates material that I will use to shape a number of projects that elaborate and build on the original material.

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CliveThat sounds awkward and strained and unclear to me.
I had a feeling that that didn't really work in English.

The problem with my previous wording is that I have already explained that in the paragraph. I wanted to close with an image that symbolized the meaning of the paragraph.

Let me give it another try.

- X is the source from
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Let me give it another try.

- X is the source from which all my subsequent projects spring. Sort of OK. More fanciful than business-like.
- X is the spring source for all my subsequent projects. No

What do you think? Still bad?
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