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Deja_vu Posted 20 years ago
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I always feel confused with the usage of with. For example, provide a comprehensive work environment for managing and deploying business rules with policies that direct the flow of data through an ABC system. Shall I understand it as manage and deploy with policies or business rules with policies? Thanks.
  

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Here: with=by by using policies that ....

  • Here: with=by by using policies that ....
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Here:
with=by
by using policies that ....
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Thanks. But I am still wondering why it is not an environment for managing and deploying business rules that have those polices. In the case of verb + noun + with + noun, how could I make judgement about whether with equals by or that has?
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On a 2nd reading, perhaps I was a bit too restrictive and the author means:

provide a comprehensive work environment for managing and deploying business rules, (an environment) which will include policies that direct the flow of data through an ABC system

(i.e. the environment includes not only policies, but other stuff too)

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Another interpretation.

PROVIDE X WITH Y.

(Add Y to X.)

PROVIDE ...environment (for ... -ing and ...-ing ...) WITH policies that ...

(Add flow-directing policies to comprehensive environment.)

CJ
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Well, yes, CJ, but only if the comprehensive environment is already in place.

Otherwise, I am sticking to my latest reading, and assume that the environment is still to be built, and is to include those policies.

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