Who do not live in modern times
1. Does "who do not live in modern times" in the following text mean "contemporary people in the modern world who do not live a modern lifestyle"?
2. Does " with the funds needed for access to the technologies..." want to say in the traditional era there were race, color, and ... that mattered, but in the modern era it is money that matters and makes all kinds of services available for all kinds of people provided that they have enough money"?
Context:
This situation of increasing interconnection through travel for all, even those who “do not live in modern times,” along with increased access for all to information via instant internet communications, has led to a situation where for the first time all, even those at the most remote locations, are contemporaneous. This is to say that everyone conceivably has access to modern centers, even if they themselves do not live a modern lifestyle. For the first time one can say that with the funds needed for access to the technologies of air travel and the internet, traditionally marginalized populations can no longer be excluded from the centers, in the West or elsewhere.
Top answer
Hi With regard to (1), yes, I think you're quite right. Of course, the people referred to, live in the same age as we do, but the writer is trying to imply something else - that they don't have the same lifestyle as others The writer, by the way, is using a device known as "scare quotes". On the one hand, the writer says something, but then uses the quotes to say "that's not quite right" It's not always a good style, using scare quotes.
- Hi With regard to (1), yes, I think you're quite right.
- Of course, the people referred to, live in the same age as we do, but the writer is trying to imply something else - that they don't have the same lifestyle as others The writer, by the way, is using a device known as "scare quotes".
- On the one hand, the writer says something, but then uses the quotes to say "that's not quite right" It's not always a good style, using scare quotes.
- My tutor would have said: if you haven't written what you meant, you should rewrite it, without the quotes Best regards, Dave
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With regard to (1), yes, I think you're quite right. Of course, the people referred to, live in the same age as we do, but the writer is trying to imply something else - that they don't have the same lifestyle as others
The writer, by the way, is using a device known as "scare quotes". On the one hand, the writer says something, but then uses the quotes to say "that's not quit
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