The internet has evolved into a new system for running the factory.

[Silverobama]

Hi.

I read this sentence in my notebook. What does this sentence mean?

The internet has evolved into a new system for running the factory.

How can the internet changed into a new system to running the factory?

Without more context, could you please help me with the sentence?

 

[Rover_KE]

Without more context, you might be lucky enough to find somebody willing to have a guess.

 

[Silverobama]

Without more context, you might be lucky enough to find somebody willing to have a guess.

Sorry, I wrote this sentence down in 2022 and I forgot where I read it. I'm sure it's not from the internet because usually I'll write the source next to my sentences if the sentences are from a source.

Could you please tell me what the sentence means?

 

[Rover_KE]

Like I said, somebody may be willing to have a guess.

 

[jutfrank]

I think it's beyond guessing. It sounds to me like a well-crafted example of utter nonsense.

What was the point of writing it in your notebook? Did you understand it at the time?

 

[emsr2d2]

Sorry, I wrote this sentence down in 2022 and I forgot where I read it. I'm sure it's not from the internet because usually I'll write the source next to my sentences if the sentences are they're from a source website.

I suggest you go through that notebook and cross out all the sentences for which you didn't note the source. Failing that, just please don't ask us about them.
No source/no context = no answer.

 

[Silverobama]

I suggest you go through that notebook and cross out all the sentences for which you didn't note the source. Failing that, just please don't ask us about them.
No source/no context = no answer.

I see. Thanks for telling me this. I didn't do it on purpose. And it's impossible to cross out all the sentences because some of them were written by you and other teachers here. I didn't write the source next to them but I know they were written by you. I'm sorry for this one, though, but I must admit that I tried to figure out where it came from before posting the question.

I think it's beyond guessing. It sounds to me like a well-crafted example of utter nonsense.

What was the point of writing it in your notebook? Did you understand it at the time?

I was about to reply to these questions but later the thread was closed.

The answer to the first question: to try to learn a new English word or phrase in a sentence.
The answer to the second question: Well, I have to say "yes" because I thought I really understood what it meant when I first wrote it down. However, I've been going over notes in my notebooks and now I read them more carefully and try to understand the meanings of them.

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

and try to understand what they mean.

 

[tedmc]

The internet has evolved into a new system for running the factory.

The internet is merely a tool. It's the software designed by people which helps run a business/factory, with the use of internet for communication and transfer of information.

understand the meanings of them their meanings.

The original is unnatural.

 

[Silverobama]

The internet is merely a tool. It's the software designed by people which helps run a business/factory, with the use of internet for communication and transfer of information.


The original is unnatural.

I already struck it out from my notebook. I actually asked two native speakers this before and after I posted this thread but it seems that they don't understand what this sentence means. I wouldn't ask this question here if the first native speaker explained to me clearly what it meant. I didn't want to keep bothering him because I asked already many questions. I wouldn't cross it out in my notebook if the second native speaker told me it made sense.

According to them and jutfrank, this is not a very good sentence for me to learn English. I found a new one with the word "evolve" on M-W.com. And it's from the Atlantic.com, it's a better and understandable sentence.

 

[jutfrank]

I was about to reply to these questions but later the thread was closed.

Yes, I know. Okay.

The answer to the first question: to try to learn a new English word or phrase in a sentence.

Which word or phrase from this sentence were you trying to learn? Was it 'evolve'?

 

[Silverobama]

Which word or phrase from this sentence were you trying to learn? Was it 'evolve'?

Yes, it was "evolve". I know what it means because of its noun "evolution". I actually didn't understand how the internet could evolve into a new system to run a factory because the ineternet wasn't a group of people. Anyway, I already struck it out from my notebook and replaced it with a new one.

 

[Tarheel]

Well, the internet kind of is a group of people. It's just that we're a group of people only in the sense that we're all at the same place -- if you can call the internet a place. One other thing we have in common is we all have internet access. That, in a sense, separates us from those who don't.