Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums

Makin · Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 31

Can I use "render" here in those two sentences?

A) Defining beauty as an association with positive feelings, events, objects or thoughts renders in the ability to study beauty scientifically.

B)The illustration of a feeling in poetry or music cannot be compared to the actual feeling. This renders in the fact that the beauty that man has created in art is only superficial.

Thanks a lot again!

CP · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 2875 Location: California

No. I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say in either sentence, but neither sentence should have "render" or "render in" as the verb.
_________________
You live a new life for every new language you speak. -Czech proverb

buddhaheart · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: help me with verb please

No, I don�t either. Your question is really �Can I use �renders in� here in those two sentences?�

�Render� is a vt (transitive verb). The structure of �Render(s) in� seems like a PV (phrasal verb). Is this PV an idiom? I�m not aware. If it�s, please explain.

I believe they might make some sense if you delete the �in� in those 2 sentences and if �renders� means �offers for consideration�, �brings out the meaning of� or �represents�.

Hope this help.

Buddhaheart