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Linguamama Posted 4 years ago
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What is the full sentence?
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I’d love to hear your valued opinions..
Different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work. Considering that the Romans were almost constantly involved in wars to dominate foreign cultures, this viewpoint was necessary and allowed recuperation before the next war.
Different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work.
#1. Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work, which was[is] different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development.
#2. Romans, who were[are] different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work. (I don’t know why this one sounds so odd to me. Does it sound natural to you?)
#3. As it is different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work.
#4. As they are different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work.
Which analysis is correct?I am trying to make the above sentence (Different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work.) as in a full sentence.
Please help me out which sounds better. I even checked the comprehensive grammar of the English language, and it says it’s equivocal. It could be either reduced relative clauses or adverbial ones depending on variables..
I really appreciate your help all the time.
Source from : https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9AdhuHFvqjwC&pg=PA24&dq=Different+from+the+ancient+Greeks,+who+saw+leisure+as+an+opportunity+for+well-rounded+development,+Romans+perceived+leisure+to+be+primarily+rest+from+work.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3uf_v_9n1AhXDQd4KHaDhDNcQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Different%20from%20the%20ancient%20Greeks%2C%20who%20saw%20leisure%20as%20an%20opportunity%20for%20well-rounded%20development%2C%20Romans%20perceived%20leisure%20to%20be%20primarily%20rest%20from%20work.&f=false
I’d love to hear your valued opinions..
Different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work. Considering that the Romans were almost constantly involved in wars to dominate foreign cultures, this viewpoint was necessary and allowed recuperation before the next war.
Different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work.
#1. Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work, which was[is] different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development.
#2. Romans, who were[are] different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work. (I don’t know why this one sounds so odd to me. Does it sound natural to you?)
#3. As it is different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work.
#4. As they are different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work.
Which analysis is correct?I am trying to make the above sentence (Different from the ancient Greeks, who saw leisure as an opportunity for well-rounded development, Romans perceived leisure to be primarily rest from work.) as in a full sentence.
Please help me out which sounds better. I even checked the comprehensive grammar of the English language, and it says it’s equivocal. It could be either reduced relative clauses or adverbial ones depending on variables..
I really appreciate your help all the time.
Source from : https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9AdhuHFvqjwC&pg=PA24&dq=Different+from+the+ancient+Greeks,+who+saw+leisure+as+an+opportunity+for+well-rounded+development,+Romans+perceived+leisure+to+be+primarily+rest+from+work.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3uf_v_9n1AhXDQd4KHaDhDNcQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Different%20from%20the%20ancient%20Greeks%2C%20who%20saw%20leisure%20as%20an%20opportunity%20for%20well-rounded%20development%2C%20Romans%20perceived%20leisure%20to%20be%20primarily%20rest%20from%20work.&f=false
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Linguamama I’d love to hear your valued opinions.. The writer should have written "differently", adverb, because he (they, actually, a team of three PhDs) meant that the Romans perceived leisure differently, not that they themselves were different. I guess he couldn't face having to recast to make it grammatical.
- Linguamama I’d love to hear your valued opinions..
- The writer should have written "differently", adverb, because he (they, actually, a team of three PhDs) meant that the Romans perceived leisure differently, not that they themselves were different.
- I guess he couldn't face having to recast to make it grammatical.
- Even with "differently", it is bad because no reader has the power to hold the ancient Greeks in his head that long before demanding to know their function.
- The whole sentence is incorrect and needs to be reworked.
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LinguamamaI’d love to hear your valued opinions..
The writer should have written "differently", adverb, because he (they, actually, a team of three PhDs) meant that the Romans perceived leisure differently, not that they themselves were different. I guess he couldn't face having to recast to make it grammatical. Even with "differently", it is bad because no
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