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Pemmican wrote:Wow, this was an interesting post, "english-test"! But let me make a few additions to your thoughts: >>When discussing cultural differences between nations I think we should always bear in mind a number of things: - people have much more in common than sets them apart...

Intriguing. I would agree that the adverbs in: 1. 'The sky is probably blue'; 2. 'The sky is sometimes blue' modify the whole sentence in each case. I would agree too that the adverb in: 3. 'The sky is fairly blue' can be regarded as part of 'Y', if 3 is regarded as 'X = Y'. But I would not...

Wow, this was an interesting post, "english-test"! But let me make a few additions to your thoughts: >>When discussing cultural differences between nations I think we should always bear in mind a number of things: - people have much more in common than sets them apart regardless of their...