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Sat 10 Nov, 2012 10:20 pm
Does "a dogged new effort in Taiwan to show" mean "a stubbornly unyielding new effort in Taiwan - that this new effort shows (the world that Taiwan is unique, regardless shared ethnic roots)?"
Context:
Huang is not alone: Although China and Taiwan have been ruled separately since the 1940s, when the nationalists fled there after losing the Chinese civil war, China sees the island 100 miles offshore as part of its territory to be taken back someday. Many Taiwanese fear that move will come sooner rather than later if economic relations grow too fast. And an international shift toward China, if only economic, has set off a dogged new effort in Taiwan to show the world that it’s unique, despite shared ethnic roots.
@oristarA,
Dogged means 'persistant'. Actually, the give up much quicker than cats, but that's the meaning.
@roger,
It means roger can't spell persistent and you know how to use a thesaurus/dictionary.
http://thesaurus.com/
Thank you.
Does "a dogged new effort in Taiwan to show" mean "a persistent new effort in Taiwan - that this new effort shows (the world that Taiwan is unique, regardless shared ethnic roots)?"
@oristarA,
The sentence doesn't seem to address that issue at all.
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:
Thank you.
Does "a dogged new effort in Taiwan to show" mean "a persistent new effort in Taiwan - that this new effort shows (the world that Taiwan is unique, regardless shared ethnic roots)?"
No.
Remove all of the modifiers and your phrase reads, "an effort to show."
Add the subject from the phrase that you put in parentheses, "the world," and you get "an effort to show the world."
@roger,
Quote: Actually, the give up much quicker than cats, but that's the meaning.
Yeah, those durn cats always cross the finish line first at the Iditarod.
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