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Ginger123 Posted 14 years ago
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what does this mean?

That would matter less if people applied the same degree of scepticism to environmental lobbying as they do to lobby groups in other fields.
what does "that would matter less" mean?
and "it will matter" mean?
  

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I'd say your author is proposing a level playing field. "To matter" is to be important; to be serious; to have an impact on something. " You leave us wondering what the antecedent of "that" might be.

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  • I'd say your author is proposing a level playing field.
  • "To matter" is to be important; to be serious; to have an impact on something.
  • " You leave us wondering what the antecedent of "that" might be.
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  • "That would matter less if .
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I'd say your author is proposing a level playing field.

"To matter" is to be important; to be serious; to have an impact on something.

He's saying, "I wouldn't mind so much if people were fair about it."

"Why do people oppose (complain about/look with scepticism at) lobbyists in other fields, and then give the environmental lobbyists a free pass?!"

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