no coherent discussion...

[nyggus]

"No coherent discussion can dispense with clear organisation and progression of ideas."

I have no problems with understanding the words and phrases, but when it to comes to understanding the whole sentence it appears to me illogical. I may be making some logical mistakes, so could you please paraphrase it (the sentence, not my mind, of course )?

Nyggus

[bianca]

"No coherent discussion can dispense with clear organisation and progression of ideas."

I have no problems with understanding the words and phrases, but when it to comes to understanding the whole sentence it appears to me illogical. I may be making some logical mistakes, so could you please paraphrase it (the sentence, not my mind, of course )?

Nyggus

No coherent discussion can do without a clear organisation and progression of the ideas.

or

A discussion cannot be coherent without a clear organisation and progression of the ideas.

[nyggus]

No coherent discussion can do without a clear organisation and progression of the ideas.

or

A discussion cannot be coherent without a clear organisation and progression of the ideas.

Thanks, bianca. This is how I understood this (or wanted to ), but still I don't follow the use of "dispense" here. This is something like "provide" and this is why I had problems with this sentence. Can you give me some examples of sentences with "dispense" used in a similar manner as in this sentence or convince me in any other way that this is ok?

Thanks again,
Nyggus

[Anglika]

Dispense here is "to do without":

I cannot dispense with food. = I cannot do without food

The Government can dispense with parliamentary involvement at its peril. = If the Government does without parliamentary involvement, it will get into trouble.

[nyggus]

Dispense here is "to do without":

I cannot dispense with food. = I cannot do without food

The Government can dispense with parliamentary involvement at its peril. = If the Government does without parliamentary involvement, it will get into trouble.

Oh, thanks. Now I understand the thing. It's a shame CALD does not give this meaning, quite different from "provide" .