To know whether the roof leaks, one should stand under it; to evaluate the government’s performance, one should go to the grassroots to ask for their opinion.
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The one who knows whether the roof leaks is the one who stands under it; the one who knows the lapses of governance is the one who lives amongst the grassroots.
Which of the above two quotations do you like better?
I can't make a judgement as they are saying two different things. One asks for the opinion of the grassroots whereas the other lives among the grassroots. Though, I suppose, the top one is slightly better even though awkwardly worded.
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contrex
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Mon 19 Apr, 2010 01:49 pm
A "grassroot" cannot have an opinion. For this reason I prefer the second piece which avoids that clumsiness.
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roger
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Mon 19 Apr, 2010 02:50 pm
@fansy,
I happen to favor the second. Not for style or grammar, but because a makes a more positive statement.
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