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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
works off a premise of implicated endeavour
What does the highlighted sentence mean? Does it mean "Ben-Ner’s installation requires a lot of navigational endeavour "?
In contrast to new-fangled path-finding devices such as GPS or satnav, machines that alleviate the individual’s responsibility of working out how to get somewhere, Ben-Ner’s installation works off a premise of implicated endeavour.
In contrast to new-fangled path-finding devices such as GPS or satnav, machines that alleviate the individual’s responsibility of working out how to get somewhere, Ben-Ner’s installation works off a premise of implicated endeavour.
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This is a challenging sentence, so I'm glad you're humbly looking for help! Here is my understanding, with some clues as to how I arrived there: -- I n contrast to new-fangled path-finding devices such as GPS or satnav -- whatever comes at the end of this sentence will be THE OPPOSITE of this content. -- machines that alleviate the individual’s responsibility of working out how to get somewhere -- this is describing what is prior.
- This is a challenging sentence, so I'm glad you're humbly looking for help!
- Here is my understanding, with some clues as to how I arrived there: -- I n contrast to new-fangled path-finding devices such as GPS or satnav -- whatever comes at the end of this sentence will be THE OPPOSITE of this content.
- -- machines that alleviate the individual’s responsibility of working out how to get somewhere -- this is describing what is prior.
- The description means taking the individual's responsibility OUT of the equation.
- So how is Ben Ner's installation the opposite?
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This is a challenging sentence, so I'm glad you're humbly looking for help!
Here is my understanding, with some clues as to how I arrived there:
-- In contrast to new-fangled path-finding devices such as GPS or satnav -- whatever comes at the end of this sentence will be THE OPPOSITE of this content.
-- machines that alleviate the individual’s responsibility of wo
Here is my understanding, with some clues as to how I arrived there:
-- In contrast to new-fangled path-finding devices such as GPS or satnav -- whatever comes at the end of this sentence will be THE OPPOSITE of this content.
-- machines that alleviate the individual’s responsibility of wo
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BenAldridge0.Thus, Ben Ner's installation ENCOURAGES the individual's responsibility in figuring out how to get somewhere.I agree with all BenA wrote above, and the quoted sentence is the key to understanding what is meant.
However, I have no idea what "implicated endeavor" is supposed to mean. I understand "endeavor" (you're supposed to try) but I
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@BenAldridge0 thank you so much for your argument. What does exactly "works off" mean here?
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