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Knightofsports Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

with/for

Can't substitute the nice commercialized stuff with/for the people.

It's gotta be a balanced growth for/with any economy.

Please proofread.

Thanks!
  

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'Stuff' seems out of register, and we have to know what you mean, anyway, before we choose a preposition. 'Gotta' is not a word.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Stuff' seems out of register, and we have to know what you mean, anyway, before we choose a preposition.
  • 'Gotta' is not a word.
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'Stuff' seems out of register, and we have to know what you mean, anyway, before we choose a preposition.
'Gotta' is not a word.
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Mister MicawberQuote
Can't substitute the nice commercialized things with/for the people. - Talking about a country's rapid growing economy.

It has to be a balanced growth for/with any economy.


Please take a look at it.
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It has to be balanced growth for any economy.

I still can't understand #1. 'Things' is just the countable equivalent of 'stuff'—it reveals nothing about the relationship between 'commercialized ***' and 'people'.
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Mister MicawberIt has to be balanced growth for any economy.I still can't understand #1. 'Things' is just the countable equivalent of 'stuff'—it reveals nothing about the relationship between 'commercialized ***' and 'people'.
I'm trying to say that you can't substitute the people with nice commercialized things.
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Mister MicawberIt has to be balanced growth for any economy.I still can't understand #1. 'Things' is just the countable equivalent of 'stuff'—it reveals nothing about the relationship between 'commercialized ***' and 'people'.
Can't substitute the nice commercialized stuff with/for the people.

Because the people are not educated and uncivilized so I
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Then something like this:

You cannot substitute for nice products with the people.

It is still vague, though.
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KnightofsportsBecause the people are not educated and uncivilized so I'm trying to say no matter how much commercialized things there are the people will always be the same and it doesn't make things better.
I saw this post only after I posted last. OK, then, this?—

You cannot substitute material goods for education; people will remain the same.
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Mister MicawberThen something like this:You cannot substitute for nice products with the people.It is still vague, though.
What does this sentence mean then?

You cannot substitute for nice products with the people.
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KnightofsportsWhat does this sentence mean then?You cannot substitute for nice products with the people
Nothing, if it means nothing to you. I was simply trying to fix your sentence construction.
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