Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
'take a serious view of'
In my study pf IELTS, I found this sentence.
'It is, therefore, essential that you should at all the time be aware of the serious view the company would take of disclosure of such materials to outsiders.'
And I woder whether my idea is right or wrong. First I'll separate the expression 'the serious view the company would take of disclosure of such materials to outsiders'
1.(the serious view) 2.(the company would take) 3.(of disclosure of such materials to outsiders)
And it can be arranged in sentence 'The company would take the serious view of disclosure of such materials to outsiders.'
Above two expression's diffrence is whether it is noun expression or sentence in my guess. And It can't be arranged in 'The serious view of disclosure of such materials to outsiders the company would take.' because the object of 'the company would take' is changed or confused and also meaning of original expression is changed too.
Is this idea right or am i misunderstand?
'It is, therefore, essential that you should at all the time be aware of the serious view the company would take of disclosure of such materials to outsiders.'
And I woder whether my idea is right or wrong. First I'll separate the expression 'the serious view the company would take of disclosure of such materials to outsiders'
1.(the serious view) 2.(the company would take) 3.(of disclosure of such materials to outsiders)
And it can be arranged in sentence 'The company would take the serious view of disclosure of such materials to outsiders.'
Above two expression's diffrence is whether it is noun expression or sentence in my guess. And It can't be arranged in 'The serious view of disclosure of such materials to outsiders the company would take.' because the object of 'the company would take' is changed or confused and also meaning of original expression is changed too.
Is this idea right or am i misunderstand?
Top answer
It is short for "the serious view that the company would take of disclosure of such materials to outsiders". This acts as one big noun phrase. The "that" clause is a relative clause modifying "serious view" (telling us more about what kind of serious view).
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It is short for "the serious view that the company would take of disclosure of such materials to outsiders". This acts as one big noun phrase. The "that" clause is a relative clause modifying "serious view" (telling us more about what kind of serious view).
As you say, the underlying message is that "The company would take a serious view of disclosure of such materials to outsiders
As you say, the underlying message is that "The company would take a serious view of disclosure of such materials to outsiders
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Thanks for reply on my short ability of English! 
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Your overall understanding of this matter is correct.
You could reword a little to make it passive.
ie 'The serious view of disclosure of such materials to outsiders would be taken by the company.'
at all the time The correct form of this idiomatic phrase is at all
You could reword a little to make it passive.
ie 'The serious view of disclosure of such materials to outsiders would be taken by the company.'
at all the time The correct form of this idiomatic phrase is at all
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