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Bartłomiej T Posted 12 years ago
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Which one proper? Please help with choice

1. Their goal is to realize the need to engage in social and cultural life, providing the opportunity to develop the potential of creativity and intercultural dialogue.
2. Their goal is to realize the need to engage in social and cultural life, enabling the development potential of creativity and intercultural dialogue.
  

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I think the first one sounds better, however, I think it can read this way: Their goal is to realize the need to engage in social and cultural life whereby providing opportunities for developing creativity and intercultural dialogue.

  • I think the first one sounds better, however, I think it can read this way: Their goal is to realize the need to engage in social and cultural life whereby providing opportunities for developing creativity and intercultural dialogue.
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I think the first one sounds better, however, I think it can read this way:
Their goal is to realize the need to engage in social and cultural life whereby providing opportunities for developing creativity and intercultural dialogue.
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Their goal is to realize the need to engage in social and cultural life ...

This sounds odd and wordy to me.
i wonder if you just mean
Their goal is to engage in social and cultural life . . ..
If you don't mean this, I don't know w
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Hi Clive

I think of two situations: When I want to my group to engage in social and cultural life, I say, "Our goal is to engage in
social and cultural life" and when I work for a group where I want to bring about the change, I think I can say "Our goal is create the need in them for social and cultural life."

Please give your comments.
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My concern was mainly about the word 'realize'.
It's fine to say
Their goal is to engage in something
Their goal is to create something

But it sounds odd to say
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their in this case could be replace with workshop. so the workshop in which are engage people makes them realize....
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Please write your complete sentence.
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vsuresh, Clive, I've just consulted that sentence with the author and it seems to be more correction on the way.

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