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What is the difference in meaning between "continued relevance" and "continuing relevance"?

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PraiseThe revolutionary wave throughout Europe in 1848, which began in France in February and immediately spread to most of Europe and parts of Latin America,[18] owed nothing to The Communist Manifesto, but within a year the revolutions collapsed.[19] Subsequently, traditional authorities found in The Communist Manifesto and its contents a good excuse for action against its authors. As a consequence, Marx and his wife were arrested and expelled from Belgium, the German daily newspaper published by Marx in Cologne between 1 June 1848 and 19 May 1849, Neue Rheinische Zeitung: Organ der Demokratie, was suppressed,[20][21] and Marx himself was expelled from Germany and France, and, in August 1849 he sought refuge in London.[22][23][24]

A number of 21st century writers have commented on The Communist Manifesto's continuing relevance. Academic John Raines, writing in 2002, noted that "In our day this Capitalist Revolution has reached the farthest corners of the earth. The tool of money has produced the miracle of the new global market and the ubiquitous shopping mall. Read The Communist Manifesto, written more than one hundred and fifty years ago, and you will discover that Marx foresaw it all."[25] Writing in 2003, the English Marxist Chris Harman described the work, stating that:

There is still a compulsive quality to its prose as it provides insight after insight into the society in which we live, where it comes from and where its going to. It is still able to explain, as mainstream economists and sociologists cannot, today's world of recurrent wars and repeated economic crisis, of hunger for hundreds of millions on the one hand and "overproduction" on the other. There are passages that could have come from the most recent writings on globalisation.[26]

The continued relevance of the Marxist theories found within the text has also been supported by the Marxist academic Alex Callinicos, editor of International Socialism, who stated that "This is indeed a manifesto for the 21st century."[27]

Writing in The London Evening Standard on 23 April, Andrew Neather cited Verso Books' 2012 re-edition of The Communist Manifesto, with an introduction by Eric Hobsbawm, as part of a resurgence of left-wing-themed ideas which includes the publication of Owen Jones' best-selling Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, and Jason Barker's documentary Marx Reloaded.[28]
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sun 16 Feb, 2014 11:38 am
@oristarA,
It could be argued Ori that "continued" implies it had continued for some time but then was discontinued

However that's stretching a point
oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 16 Feb, 2014 12:28 pm
@dalehileman,
I could not get you very well, Dale.
Continuing relevance means permanently consistent relevance?
dalehileman
 
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Reply Sun 16 Feb, 2014 02:02 pm
@oristarA,
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I could not get you very well, Dale.
Forgive me Ori

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Continuing relevance means permanently consistent relevance?
No, I wouldn't necessarily use the term "consistent." By "Continuing" I'd infer maybe still happening
McTag
 
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Reply Sun 16 Feb, 2014 04:50 pm
@oristarA,

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What is the difference in meaning between "continued relevance" and "continuing relevance"?


No practical difference.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 17 Feb, 2014 12:02 am
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:

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I could not get you very well, Dale.
Forgive me Ori

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Continuing relevance means permanently consistent relevance?
No, I wouldn't necessarily use the term "consistent." By "Continuing" I'd infer maybe still happening


You are welcome, Dale.
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Reply Tue 29 Nov, 2016 06:20 am
I prefer "continuing", because "continued", while perfectly acceptable grammatically, tends to imply deliberate human action aimed at perpetuating relevance, whereas relevance usually depends on circumstances (unless media editors or governments decide otherwise!). I see it as the difference between "relevance that is continuing" and "relevance that has been continued".
oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 29 Nov, 2016 07:14 am
@Alphasun,
Alphasun wrote:

I prefer "continuing", because "continued", while perfectly acceptable grammatically, tends to imply deliberate human action aimed at perpetuating relevance, whereas relevance usually depends on circumstances (unless media editors or governments decide otherwise!). I see it as the difference between "relevance that is continuing" and "relevance that has been continued".


Excellent! I transferred the ribbon to honor the answer.

I also noticed that this is your first post in Able2Know. Welcome! Your outstanding English will surely add luster to the forum.

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