What a crucial tool it's been

That's correct to me, but I interpret it differently: it's the crucial-ness that is progressing!

In other words, something gets more and more crucial.

Ant_222That's correct to me, but I interpret it differently: it's the crucial-ness that is progressing! In other words, something gets more and more crucial.

Thanks Ant_222. You're right. My book also has a Japanese translation that says the same as what you say. But I still don't understand why the original sentence means so.

Hi,

If Bill Gates writes like this, I'm glad I'm not Bill Gates.

Clive

Liveinjapan:

«But I still don't understand why the original sentence means so.»

Hmmm. Try looking at it this way:

I. When one exclaims: "Oh, what a (insert your favourite adjective here> it is!", they mean that that thing is very (...).

II. Now, if you read: "There's a great progress in what a ...thing it is", just replace the "what a..." phrase with the abo

Ant_222Liveinjapan: «But I still don't understand why the original sentence means so.» Hmmm. Try looking at it this way: I. When one exclaims: "Oh, what a (insert your favourite adjective here> it is!", they mean that that thing is very (...). II. Now, if you read: "There's a great progress in what a ...thing it is", just replace the "what a..." phrase with the above r

Hello LiJ,

It seems to be an unhappy conflation of:

1. So every year, there's been a progression of the tool. And what a crucial tool it's been!

I would think of it as just another bug. One day you'll open your book, and it will suddenly start frantically downloading updates. After which, your example sentence will be fine, but everything else will be gibberish.

MrPedantic
Hello LiJ,

It seems to be an unhappy conflation of:

1. So every year, there's been a progression of the tool. And what a crucial tool it's been!

I would think of it as just another bug. One day you'll open your book, and it will suddenly start frantically downloading updates. After which, your example sentence will be fine, but ev

MrP: I hope you won't call this ungrammatical:

«Through the early fifties there was a considerable progress of (in) how well the group performed»

Ant_222I hope you won't call this ungrammatical: «Through the early fifties there was a considerable progress of (in) how well the group performed»

Only in works here. And let's not insert new subjects in a thread. Open new ones.

Thank you, Marius!

I thought it was connected with the original topic...