Friday, October 16, 2009

The Interpretation of Noun

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Dano emphasized the necessity of the knowledge about the relationships between English derivatives. "Some derivatives need attention," he said. Especially when the derivatives belong to different categories of grammatical function.

Text:
When Steve was later asked about the effect of so much wealth, he named "visibility" as the principal factor. "There are tens of thousands of people who have a net worth of more than $1 million," he said. "There are thousands of people who are worth more than $10 million. But the number who have more than $100 million gets down to 100." (iCon Steve Jobs, Jeffrey S. Young William L. Simon, p.65) (The Korean version, p.92)

Dano's comments:
The abstract noun "visibility" is related to the cited reference stated below. It was so regrettable that the Korean translator had fumbled about the meaning of the "visibility." It was the case of "Having eyes, see ye not?" Let me show how the abstract noun "visibility" is created :[see=>visible=>visibility]

I can see the star.
=>The star is visible.
=>the visibility of the star

By applying the above mode, we can get the similar manipulation.

I can see the rich people.
=>The rich people are visible.
=>my visibility of the rich people

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