Antonia  +  131478 Sun, 28 Aug 05 03:22 PM Is this expression OK? It sound awkard. Here's the context: Stated figures are not at all encouraging, and it seems that the relationship toward book/reading is consistent in Croatia – namely, in the 1930's, Antun Barac dealt in a more systematic way with problems of literary communication, and his empirical research on the reception of the literature indicates that the crisis of readership is a permanent condition of Croatian literature. Can you please give me your suggestions and correct a mistake if you see any? Thank you Antonia Joined on Fri, Mar 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,266 Literature

	khoff  +  131494 Sun, 28 Aug 05 04:35 PM Antonia - how about "the attitude toward books/reading" ? In the later part of the sentence (it'a a pretty long sentence - maybe you could break it up at the dash?) where you say his empirical research on the reception of the literature -- if you mean literature in general, omit the "the."  If you say "the reception of the literature," it sounds like you are referring to the published works in a particular scholarly field. Hope this helps. khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,272 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Literature

	Antonia  +  131548 Sun, 28 Aug 05 07:46 PM Yes, it helps a lot. Thank youKhoff. Here is what I did: Stated figures are not at all encouraging, and it seems that the attitude toward books is consistent in Croatia – namely, in the 1930's, Antun Barac dealt in a more systematic way with problems of literary communication. His empirical research on the reception of literature indicates that the crisis of readership is a permanent condition of Croatian literature. Antonia Literature

	khoff  +  131550 Sun, 28 Aug 05 07:52 PM Excellent! khoff