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airi@home
Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 35
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 12:49 am Post subject: I don't know what this means..... |
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Please tell me what this line means.........?
"Does it make me value the freedoms I do have?"
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"It does make me value the freedoms I do have?" |
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obelix
Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 304
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:10 am Post subject: |
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Does it make me value the freedoms I do have?
Is a rhetorical question. He is asking himself whether IT (unspecified) makes him appreciate the worth of the freedoms he does have.
It does make me value the freedoms I do have.Is not a question and does not need the question mark.
He asserts that IT (unspecified) makes him appreciate the worth of the freedoms he has. |
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BMO
Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 705
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:14 am Post subject: |
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Would you please tell me the difference between:
value the freedom I do have and
value the freedoms I do have?
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 2111 Location: New Jersey, US
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:38 am Post subject: |
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It doesn't make a difference in this case. Technically, if you choose to use the plural, you are talking about each of the specific freedoms you have (e.g, the freedom of speech, the freedom of association, the freedom of religion, etc.). If you choose to use the singular, you are talking about all of your freedoms as one group. As a practical matter, they have the same meaning. |
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BMO
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. |
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airi@home
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Thank you  |
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BMO
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:56 am Post subject: |
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Google search: value the freedom : 2508
value the freedoms: 307 |
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