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Cbsteh Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
"What price more food?" Huh?
Dear all,
I recently found an article from a reputable New Scientist magazine that had the following headline "What price more food?". Is this grammar correct? Should it be "What price for more food?" or "What price with more food?"
What does "What price more food" actually means?
I appreciate any help, and I hope there won't be any more "a case of nothing to add" comments.
Thank you.
Chris
I recently found an article from a reputable New Scientist magazine that had the following headline "What price more food?". Is this grammar correct? Should it be "What price for more food?" or "What price with more food?"
What does "What price more food" actually means?
I appreciate any help, and I hope there won't be any more "a case of nothing to add" comments.
Thank you.
Chris
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Hi Chris, Yes, it's perfectly good English, although idiomatic. It's actually a play on words, which I think will become apparent if I give you another example of this particular use of "What price". What price freedom?
- Hi Chris, Yes, it's perfectly good English, although idiomatic.
- It's actually a play on words, which I think will become apparent if I give you another example of this particular use of "What price".
- What price freedom?
- Here, it makes no sense to talk about the monetary cost of something so intangible; rather, it is talking more about the cost in human life, sacrifice and suffering.
- ' the 'New Scientist' is presumably asking what the cost is of an increase in global food production, in terms of its impact on the environment, etc.
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Hi Chris,
Yes, it's perfectly good English, although idiomatic.
It's actually a play on words, which I think will become apparent if I give you another example of this particular use of "What price".
What price freedom?
Here, it makes no sense to talk about the monetary cost of something so intangible; rather, it is talking more about the cost in human
Yes, it's perfectly good English, although idiomatic.
It's actually a play on words, which I think will become apparent if I give you another example of this particular use of "What price".
What price freedom?
Here, it makes no sense to talk about the monetary cost of something so intangible; rather, it is talking more about the cost in human
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Thank you. Yes, I did a search on Google and came up on several variants such as "What price music?", "What price glory?", etc. I guessed they meant as you said: the cost or penalty one has to pay for music, glory, food, etc. Thanks again.
Chris
Chris
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