“? large field." Help listen to the sentence. Thanks.

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michael147

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Afghanistan has no formal party or primary system, hence the large field.
Thank you. But I don't quite get it, can you rewrite the sentence?
 

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You've got your answer. The missing word is 'hence'.
 

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Do you understand the word "hence"?
 

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not a teacher

But I don't quite get it, can you rewrite the sentence?

Afghanistan has no formal party or primary system, hence the large field.
Afghanistan has no formal party or primary system, that's the reason for there being so many candidates.
 

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Thank you. But I don't quite get it, can you rewrite the sentence?

In a party system, candidates of a particular party compete for one spot on the ballot. This is usually determined by a primary election. At the end, there is only one candidate per party on the ballot. That eliminates a lot of candidates.
 

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I've always thought that thence made more sense than hense in this type of context.
 

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I've always thought that thence made more sense than hense in this type of context.

I don't think I have ever used "thence".
 
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