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In reply to the discussion: The Democratic party is an absolute failure. [View all]Eko
(9,993 posts)To start off though it is not "horrible failure",,,,,,It is "absolute failure". There is a big difference there. Horrible and absolute have two way different meanings. Then yes, there are the modifiers "model" and "strategy". Exactly what did he mean by model? If you think about what a movements model would be then that would include tactics, strategy, beliefs, actions, committees, leaders, hierarchy, organization, modes of funding,,,,, I could keep going. Lets use your exercise, if I said (and I don't believe this, this is just a intellectual argument) "Your current model of living is an absolute failure." Does that modify "living" enough so that it doesn't mean that everything you are doing is wrong? No, it does not. Lets talk modifiers again, does me saying that "your model of living is an absolute failure" mean that I think that it always has? No, it would need another modifier like "always been".
One last thing, do you see quotations on the title? No, so that is not a quote. I put his actual quote in the post for all to see. The title is what is called a "paraphrase" and as I have shown using the paraphrase does not give a completely different meaning at all, it is the same meaning unless you don't know what "model" means when referring to a movement and then to also imply modifiers that I have not placed there such as "always".
English lessons are fun,
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