What does "sth **recognize no boundaries lines**" mean?
"Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously."
"The stakes couldn't be any higher."
"Pathogenic organisms **recognize no boundaries lines.**"
"Residents believe their town is ground zero for the swine flu epidemic."
This is from Netflix's documentary series:The Next Pandemic, and I'm not sure about the meaning of the part marked in stars. Does it mean they(harmful pathogenic organisms) spread across the world infinitely?
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"Pathogenic organisms recognize no BOUNDARY lines" " no boundries lines" is incorrect.
It means that pathogenic organisms do not stop spreading because of any rules, laws, customs, or something else. They do not care about anything and they will only try to replicate and spread as much as they possibly can with no regard for anything else. Therefore, it is likely for them to spread across the entire world. There is nothing that binds them in one area. There is nothing that stops them from spreading. There is nothing that can contain them to one region. Thus, they recognize no boundary lines.
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Yes, it's my mistake. What I wanted to know was the meaning of the quoted phrase, so I thought I'd replace the subject with "something" because it's not important ;)
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We don't use the abbreviation 'sth' in English. It's only used in dictionaries, and learners that read them. But apart from that, 'sth' is 'something', which is singular. 'Something recognize' is therefore incorrect. Perhaps "things recognize..."?
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widely spread
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