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Zunayeed Posted 10 years ago
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What is the meaning of the sentence? What is the meaning of ' occur' in the sentence ?
Why, for example, does the blue of sky and sea, or the green of foliage, not occur as a word before the far less common red?
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Does it mean something like why does blue and green come later on the color red ?
- Does it mean something like why does blue and green come later on the color red ?
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Does it mean something like why does blue and green come later on the color red ?
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Hi
I think the writer must be talking about a list of common English words, in order of their frequency in everyday text. In the sentence you give, the word 'occurs' really just means 'is', or 'appears' or 'is found'
- Red occurs at 309, well before green at 434 or blue at 459
- Red is 309th; green is found at 434; and blue does not appear until 459
The writer
I think the writer must be talking about a list of common English words, in order of their frequency in everyday text. In the sentence you give, the word 'occurs' really just means 'is', or 'appears' or 'is found'
- Red occurs at 309, well before green at 434 or blue at 459
- Red is 309th; green is found at 434; and blue does not appear until 459
The writer
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