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Mingyu Yang Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Use of Preposition
This is some part of a text:
[Instead, students regard grades as the major commodity teachers and schools have to offer in exchange for their performance.
This change brings a slow but steady shift in students’ focus away from learning toward what they must do to obtain the grade commodity.]
In this context, I thought the author used the preposition "away from ~ toward in "focus away from learning toward what they must~~~" (not from ~ to) in order to emphasize the meaning that students do not care their grades as feedback any more.
I guess the author intended to stress "the shift"
But someone argued that it is wrong.
Please let me know your valuable opinion!
Thanks.
[Instead, students regard grades as the major commodity teachers and schools have to offer in exchange for their performance.
This change brings a slow but steady shift in students’ focus away from learning toward what they must do to obtain the grade commodity.]
In this context, I thought the author used the preposition "away from ~ toward in "focus away from learning toward what they must~~~" (not from ~ to) in order to emphasize the meaning that students do not care their grades as feedback any more.
I guess the author intended to stress "the shift"
But someone argued that it is wrong.
Please let me know your valuable opinion!
Thanks.
Top answer
The text is rather poorly contrived. [Instead, students regard grades as a simple reward that teachers and schools have to offer in exchange for an expected performance. ]
- The text is rather poorly contrived.
- [Instead, students regard grades as a simple reward that teachers and schools have to offer in exchange for an expected performance.
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The text is rather poorly contrived.
[Instead, students regard grades as a simple reward that teachers and schoolshave to offer in exchange for an expected performance.
This change brought a slow but steady shift in students’ focus away from learning toward what they must do to obtain good grades.]
[Instead, students regard grades as a simple reward that teachers and schools
This change brought a slow but steady shift in students’ focus away from learning toward what they must do to obtain good grades.]
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Mingyu Yangshift in students’ focus away from learning toward what they must do to obtain the grade commodity.The shift of focus is
from learning
and
toward (to) working for grades.
The focus should be on learning, but the focus can change so that the focus is on grades.
CJ
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