Timeline for Does this essay question have a grammar error?
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| Jul 28, 2020 at 4:02 | history | edited | Why | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 25, 2020 at 20:32 | comment | added | peterG | My suggestion as another native speaker, is that the word 'from' has been missed; that is, the intention might have been "Discuss the concept of religious belief from social scientific perspectives, addressing . . . " | |
| Jul 25, 2020 at 19:22 | answer | added | tchrist♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 25, 2020 at 19:14 | comment | added | jsw29 | Short-tempered or not, the professor ought to be asked for a clarification; the question is not answerable as it stands. Although the conventions of this site are such that you probably won't get a formal answer, the comments posted so far should be enough to reassure you that you are not the only person who is likely to have difficulties making sense of this question. Chances are that your classmates are troubled by it as well, and that they too will find it helpful if the question is reformulated. It is quite possible that the whole problem is due to a typo. | |
| Jul 25, 2020 at 18:59 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Not exact synonyms, according to Mark Nichol. But likening a usage that's not your choice to a passing on a virus is what I was complaining about. Which you're trying to dodge. | |
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| Jul 25, 2020 at 16:04 | comment | added | John Lawler | It's academic style in its worst noun-compounding avatar, but it's not ungrammatical. I'd paraphrase it as Discuss social scientific perspectives on religious beliefs, addressing issues of societal change. The three noun phrases are compounded clumsily, but grammatically; if it were spoken aloud, it would pass unmentioned because it would be clearly intoned and stressed. | |
| Jul 25, 2020 at 15:57 | comment | added | user888379 | It doesn't make sense to this native speaker. I don't think your suggestion of adding "in" is enough to salvage it. I feel as though there are three separate concepts just strung together, and it's not at all clear what the relationship is supposed to be. | |
| Jul 25, 2020 at 15:54 | history | edited | KillingTime | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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