Johnleo Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Why is "rather" used in this way?
The next phase is to scale up the manufacturing process, with the aim of making the material rather as you would convert wood-pulp to newsprint.
"Rather" is a adv. I don't see why the sentence is structured in this way. I would appreciate it if you could explain the structure and the meaning of "rather".
"Rather" is a adv. I don't see why the sentence is structured in this way. I would appreciate it if you could explain the structure and the meaning of "rather".
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Here, "rather" means "somewhat" or "to a certain degree". "rather as you would convert wood-pulp to newsprint" means "in a way that is similar to, or reminiscent of, the conversion of wood-pulp to newsprint".
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Here, "rather" means "somewhat" or "to a certain degree".
"rather as you would convert wood-pulp to newsprint" means "in a way that is similar to, or reminiscent of, the conversion of wood-pulp to newsprint".
"rather as you would convert wood-pulp to newsprint" means "in a way that is similar to, or reminiscent of, the conversion of wood-pulp to newsprint".
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