ESL General English Grammar Questions

Cool!

Jobb — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 16:29:38 GMT

Thanks for the confirmation MM.

Re: Class

Mister Micawber — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 07:22:28 GMT

(1) "I suspect that the class actually refers to 'students' " -- Yes indeed.

(2) "the 'diet' refers to 'the watered down training that originally was rigid' " -- Yes, but 'watered down' means too weakened, so your comment " 'we' no more have to water down a rigid training" should perhaps read " 'we' should no more water down a rigid training, but rather stiffen the training".

Class

Jobb — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:38:53 GMT

Context:

We have watered down a rigid training . . . until we now have an educational diet in many of our public high schools that nourishes neither the classes nor the masses

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Class = A social stratum whose members share certain economic, social, or cultural characteristics?

I suspect that the class actually refers to 'students".

Regarding the logic relationship between "a rigid training" and "an educational diel".

Because "we" now have an educational diet, so 'we" no more have to water down a rigid training. Still, in many of our public high schools the diet nourishes neither the classes nor the masses

That is, the "diet" refers to "the watered down training that originally was rigid".

Am I on the right track?