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Mon 1 Feb, 2010 08:45 pm
please see this..
During the next nine years (from 399 to 390 B.C.E.), Plato committed his first works to writing, a body of works that included Laches, Protagoras, and Apology. These works are collectively known as Plato’s Socratic dialogues, because they are heavily focused on and influenced by his late teacher.
see the wording 'a body of works' ...... is it correctly used ? can we use 'body' here......'body' is related to anatomy ...is not it ?
feeling uncomfortable with this usage. can you please explain whether we can use the word this way ?
@tintin,
Body can be used here because it means "collection". Just like a body is made up of a collection of parts.
@tintin,
please see this..
please look at this..
'see' is seen in English as an involuntary action, Tintin. It isn't used in the sense you intend here. For that use, look at/review/take-have a look, peek, gander at
@JTT,
Thanks . I learnt new things . Thanks for the correction and explanation. Thanks for your time.
@Seed,
ok .. I got it now ... no more confusion
..... happy. ... thanks for your time.
@JTT,
yeah 'body of works' is crummy
use 'oeuvre' instead
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