two nouns in a sentence..?
In this sentence, there are two nouns parallel without comma "the factual the yardstick"
If it is not a wrong sentence, how could I understand? How can you say it in other words?
- Does this not amount to a confusion between cause and effect, to making the power of the factual the yardstick for the imagination?
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Answers · 5
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Interesting question. That sentence actually is correct, and properly punctuated.
“To make A B” means to convert A into B.
In simpler language:
Isn’t this the same as confusing cause and effect, isn’t this in fact establishing the power of the factual as the yardstick for the imagination?
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The sentence is ok, it's just complex.
Two things:
1. The parallel nouns in this case are "the power of the factual" and "the yardstick of imagination."
2. You can, at times, say "make thing1 thing2" instead of "make thing1 become thing2" or "making thing1 equal to thing2."
Unfortunately, without the rest of the essay, I have no idea what this author means by "the power of the factual." But whatever that is, he's saying that it is being conflated with the "yardstick of the imagination" incorrectly.
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