Zoya VanWyk
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- Jun 12, 2017
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Afrikaans
- Home Country
- South Africa
- Current Location
- Taiwan
Hi, I'd be grateful if you could help me clarify the following:
1. An approach Europe (noun+noun - why can we use two nouns together, without the first one modifying the second one. Is it because one is a proper noun?
2. "Far from gouging consumers, many of their services are free." In this sentence does gouge mean that they dont want to 'cut out' consumers even though their services are free?
3. "It looked outdated in what has come to be called the data economy." Why is there a 'in' between outdated and what? what does "in what" mean?
Thanks so much!
1. An approach Europe (noun+noun - why can we use two nouns together, without the first one modifying the second one. Is it because one is a proper noun?
2. "Far from gouging consumers, many of their services are free." In this sentence does gouge mean that they dont want to 'cut out' consumers even though their services are free?
3. "It looked outdated in what has come to be called the data economy." Why is there a 'in' between outdated and what? what does "in what" mean?
Thanks so much!
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