optimistic pessimist
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2008
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- Native Language
- Japanese
- Home Country
- Japan
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- Japan
Dear all,
I'd like to ask a native speaker of English.
1. Grouping students according to their ability isn't democratic.
2. Grouping students according to their ability would be against the principle of democracy.
In each sentence the writer, who isn't probably a native English speaker, seems to mean fair and fairness respectively by democratic and democracy.
Do you use these words just to mean fair and fairness? Do they have such broad meanings that they are used for things unrelated to political equality?
Thank you!
OP
I'd like to ask a native speaker of English.
1. Grouping students according to their ability isn't democratic.
2. Grouping students according to their ability would be against the principle of democracy.
In each sentence the writer, who isn't probably a native English speaker, seems to mean fair and fairness respectively by democratic and democracy.
Do you use these words just to mean fair and fairness? Do they have such broad meanings that they are used for things unrelated to political equality?
Thank you!
OP
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