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Mercuryjune Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
unable to suffer from??
Hi how are you?
I am writing because I saw little awkward expression in the textbook.
'They believed that the market was unable to suffer from widespread,prolonged failure'
I guess what it means, but I have not seen sentense like this.
Is this 'unable + suffer from' combination perfect?
or another form is better?
answer me plz........^^
I am writing because I saw little awkward expression in the textbook.
'They believed that the market was unable to suffer from widespread,prolonged failure'
I guess what it means, but I have not seen sentense like this.
Is this 'unable + suffer from' combination perfect?
or another form is better?
answer me plz........^^
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It's an awkward and odd phrase. Perhaps written by a non-native speaker? I suggest eg .
- It's an awkward and odd phrase.
- Perhaps written by a non-native speaker?
- I suggest eg .
- .
- the market was immune to widespread, prolonged failure.
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It's an awkward and odd phrase. Perhaps written by a non-native speaker?
I suggest eg . . . the market was immune to widespread, prolonged failure.
I suggest eg . . . the market was immune to widespread, prolonged failure.
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I think the context is needed - is 'failure' referring to the market, or something else? and what kind of market is it, and is it a potential one or one that's actually operating?
As an example, "They believed the market for toothpaste was unable to suffer from a widespread, prolonged failure of the economy" (because people will always need toothpaste). In this, 'unable to suffer', means not b
As an example, "They believed the market for toothpaste was unable to suffer from a widespread, prolonged failure of the economy" (because people will always need toothpaste). In this, 'unable to suffer', means not b
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It's about economic theory.
The front sentence is 'Classical economists believed that the capitalist system possessed the ability to self-correct, maintaining constant long-term stability.'
So national economy can't be affected by market failure. I can understand what it mean, but is that natural to account like that? because I did not find any other same expression in google. thanx.
The front sentence is 'Classical economists believed that the capitalist system possessed the ability to self-correct, maintaining constant long-term stability.'
So national economy can't be affected by market failure. I can understand what it mean, but is that natural to account like that? because I did not find any other same expression in google. thanx.
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'They believed that the market was unable to suffer from widespread, prolonged failure'
'Classical economists believed that the capitalist system possessed the ability to self-correct, maintaining constant long-term stability.'
The two sentences agree with each other.
I do not think that you can conclude that the national economy is not affected by market crashes. The
'Classical economists believed that the capitalist system possessed the ability to self-correct, maintaining constant long-term stability.'
The two sentences agree with each other.
I do not think that you can conclude that the national economy is not affected by market crashes. The
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Thanks for your help.
I can follow logical meaning, but just curious about stylistic matter.
So you think that 'unable to suffer from' expression does not seem to be awkward, right?
I can follow logical meaning, but just curious about stylistic matter.
So you think that 'unable to suffer from' expression does not seem to be awkward, right?
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I don't have a problem with the phrase, so long as it gives the desired meaning, which is hard to tell from the snippets given, as your original quote differs from your later one; 'suffer from' also means 'be damaged by'.
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Thanks for your help.^^
anyway, the full article will be followed...
Laissez-faire policies were critical to the development of current economic theory. This principle is simply the practice of leaving the market in an unaltered state and refraining from making any substantial changes to it which might normally be made in an attempt to correct the market or to compensate for potential
anyway, the full article will be followed...
Laissez-faire policies were critical to the development of current economic theory. This principle is simply the practice of leaving the market in an unaltered state and refraining from making any substantial changes to it which might normally be made in an attempt to correct the market or to compensate for potential
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The context makes everything clear 
that reads quite fine to me!
I look forward to a time when the monetary system is made
that reads quite fine to me!I look forward to a time when the monetary system is made
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