can I say like this: "to develop new values" - I doubt about compatability of words here.
Thank you !!!
2007-02-24 12:56:01 · 12 answers · asked by Mary M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
That is the context (may be someone could check if it sounds ok) :
research of ways to develop new values in society that (values) consist in the acknowledgement of the right of a man (may be there is the term, intelectual rights comes to mind?) on his intelligence abilities, (right on) his property and means of production
2007-02-24 13:16:32 · update #1
The phrase between quotes is grammatically correct but poor form: a cliche. It smells of corporation-speak, a type of verbal perfume sprayed indiscriminately in the room to cover up weak thinking and bad intentions. There are no new values, in the sense of morals and ethics. Truth, Beauty, Strength, and Purity are eternal or, at the very least, were formed long ago. One might uphold the petty value, say, of the economy-size box of laundry soap but that, too, is not new. Perhaps one might claim one's new product possesses a novel value but I doubt the claim.
I imagine a meeting room full of tools and an empty suit saying, "We must strive to develop new values!" When the chaff is rubbed away, this means, "We are losing money. You need to stop goofing off around the coffeepot, start working late without overtime pay, stop complaining about Management, and start shipping products that don't break."
By the way, all of your question *except* the quoted phrase is poor English. You failed to capitalize "is"; "this" might be better than "that"; you failed to capitalize "can" and that might better be "may"; "like" is superfluous. The colon is questionable; the dash serves no purpose; you do not "doubt about"; "here" is redundant. While we appreciate your premature gratitude, three exclamation points are two too many.
You're welcome.
2007-02-24 13:34:42 · answer #1 · answered by Xiong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can say that! You would make a sentence like the following: To develop new values, I would study a book by a philosopher. Your phrase is perfectly correct for a part of sentence...
2007-02-24 21:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by Lynci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have started posting "to develop new values" .
In order "to develop new values" , he redid his experiment.
Since you HAD doubts about the compatibility of the phrase, you can now be assured of it's validity. So you can say IT like that.
2007-02-24 21:07:04 · answer #3 · answered by Wonka 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what are you doing to develop new values? You should give more reasonable topic based on how you going to value it.
2007-02-24 20:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The grammar inside the quotation marks is fine. The rest.. not so much.
2007-02-24 21:00:06 · answer #5 · answered by five v 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a normal phrase that we sometimes use everyday.
2007-02-24 20:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase is grammatically sound.
2007-02-24 20:58:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure
2007-02-24 20:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, that is acceptable.
2007-02-24 20:58:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that would be "shifting one's paradigm."
2007-02-24 21:00:01 · answer #10 · answered by not2blonde 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋