Habituellement
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Hello.
In the sentence below, I am pessimistic about the possibility of finding a better synonym than "productive", but maybe you will be able to find one?
I am French and I am writing an academic article, mainly on Herbert Spencer's philosophical and political thought. I wish to make a short sentence, ideally as short as possible, for reason of style.
Spencer speaks of social evolution to designate human history. He believes that social evolution shows to people – to scholars, more particularly – what kinds of consequences to expect from alternative economic systems: according to Spencer, past social evolution is a source of knowledge that can help people decide between competing economic systems.
The context:
To make the sentence shorter I propose:
Thank you very for your help.
In the sentence below, I am pessimistic about the possibility of finding a better synonym than "productive", but maybe you will be able to find one?
I am French and I am writing an academic article, mainly on Herbert Spencer's philosophical and political thought. I wish to make a short sentence, ideally as short as possible, for reason of style.
Spencer speaks of social evolution to designate human history. He believes that social evolution shows to people – to scholars, more particularly – what kinds of consequences to expect from alternative economic systems: according to Spencer, past social evolution is a source of knowledge that can help people decide between competing economic systems.
The context:
The sentence:Social evolution shows what to expect from alternative economic systems.
[SUP]1[/SUP]According to Spencer.Social evolution[SUP]1[/SUP] shows that capitalist institutions have been more wealth-increasing than socialist ones.
To make the sentence shorter I propose:
However, "productive" is not an exact synonym. Its advantage is to make the sentence shorter, but it is less informative than "wealth-increasing".Social evolution[SUP]1[/SUP] shows that capitalist institutions have been more productive than socialist ones.
Thank you very for your help.