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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
what s the meaning of this sentence?
Some of these districts, like Cabramatta or Middle Eastern communities near Sydney, have felt uncomfortably close to ghettos, the closest Australia has had to zones of gang warfare.
In this sentence, I still cannot understand what the last part means. What's "the closest Australia? " is it geographic proximity, or similarity?
I thought that the part of Australia looking most similar to the "ghettos" is zones of gang warfare. Is this right?
In this sentence, I still cannot understand what the last part means. What's "the closest Australia? " is it geographic proximity, or similarity?
I thought that the part of Australia looking most similar to the "ghettos" is zones of gang warfare. Is this right?
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Some of these districts, like Cabramatta or Middle Eastern communities near Sydney, have felt uncomfortably close to ghettos, the closest thing that Australia has had to zones of gang warfare.
- Some of these districts, like Cabramatta or Middle Eastern communities near Sydney, have felt uncomfortably close to ghettos, the closest thing that Australia has had to zones of gang warfare.
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Some of these districts, like Cabramatta or Middle Eastern communities near Sydney, have felt uncomfortably close to ghettos, the closest thing that Australia has had to zones of gang warfare.
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Then what would be the meaning of "had to"?
Isn't is supposed to be "had to be"?
Isn't is supposed to be "had to be"?
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It's not 'had to'. Try reading it like this:
fivejedjon:
Some of these districts, like Cabramatta or Middle Eastern communities near Sydney, have felt uncomfortably close to ghettos, the closest thing to zones of gang warfare.
fivejedjon:
Some of these districts, like Cabramatta or Middle Eastern communities near Sydney, have felt uncomfortably close to ghettos, the closest thing to zones of gang warfare.
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Now everything seems to make sense!
So is the whole phrase a modifier of "ghettos?"
So is the whole phrase a modifier of "ghettos?"
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