progressive emergence

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:42 am

'the progressive emergence of the child as a responsible
being'
This is totally Greek to me. Would you please explain it
in easy English?

Thank you.

engteacher · Post by **engteacher** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:06 pm

P. F. STRAWSON:
FREEDOM AND RESENTMENT

Itasan, is there where you found this sentence? I suppose you need the complete writing to understand exactly what it means.

BUT

What does this have to do with business English exactly?

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:11 pm

Sorry, engteacher.
I had forgotten this is specifically
a Business English forum.

sbourque · Post by **sbourque** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:39 pm

But, to answer your question:
"A child slowly and steadily develops a sense of responsibility"

Or, since I haven't read the original, it could also mean that people gradually, over time, began to think of children as responsible beings (What they thought of children before this-- as wild animals?--I don't know.)

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:35 pm

Thank you very much, sbourque,
for the valuable answer.