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Deborahjeong Posted 8 years ago
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What does the phrase "commitment to changing" exactly mean in the sentence?

"Individuals will often accept intellectual arguments, understand their need to change, and express commitment to changing, but then resort to what is familiar." (source: Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress By Lawrence E. Harrison, ?Samuel P. Huntington)
What does the phrase "commitment to changing" exactly mean in the sentence?Which of the two below is correct?(1) commitment to their determination to change the things if necessary(2) commitment to the things that have been changed already
Could you help me clarify it? Thank you always.
  

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(1) is about right. People say that they will make the necessary changes (but actually they don't).

  • (1) is about right.
  • People say that they will make the necessary changes (but actually they don't).
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(1) is about right. People say that they will make the necessary changes (but actually they don't).

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