chance22
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In a passage about the glorious messiness of English, it is said that "Since the Renaissance spurred a scientific revolution, English had to accommodate it. New discoveries needed new descriptions, creating words like atmosphere, pneumonia and skeleton."
I'm not quite clear about the meaning of accommodate here. First I think it means to change so that you're able to deal with it. Then I think it's unlikely, because in this sense, maybe the sentence should be written in this way: English had to accommodate itself to it.
So could you explain to me the exact meaning of accommodate in the original sentence? Thank you.
I'm not quite clear about the meaning of accommodate here. First I think it means to change so that you're able to deal with it. Then I think it's unlikely, because in this sense, maybe the sentence should be written in this way: English had to accommodate itself to it.
So could you explain to me the exact meaning of accommodate in the original sentence? Thank you.
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