K kyawwin Junior Member Joined Jun 19, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Burmese Home Country Myanmar Current Location Myanmar Nov 18, 2015 #1 Does the following phrase sound awkward? The will of we The author seems to mean 'the will of people' Last edited: Nov 18, 2015
Does the following phrase sound awkward? The will of we The author seems to mean 'the will of people'
MikeNewYork No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Nov 18, 2015 #2 It would be better if we had a complete sentence. Last edited: Nov 19, 2015
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Nov 18, 2015 #3 It sounds awkward because it's different from the thread title.
K kyawwin Junior Member Thread starter Joined Jun 19, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Burmese Home Country Myanmar Current Location Myanmar Nov 18, 2015 #4 I have corrected my error. Sorry about that.
tzfujimino Key Member Joined Dec 8, 2007 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Japanese Home Country Japan Current Location Japan Nov 18, 2015 #5 Could you give us the complete sentence the author wrote?
S SoothingDave Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 17, 2009 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Nov 18, 2015 #6 "We" is grammatically wrong as the object of the preposition "of."
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Nov 18, 2015 #7 Let's have the full sentence before we comment further.
K kyawwin Junior Member Thread starter Joined Jun 19, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Burmese Home Country Myanmar Current Location Myanmar Nov 19, 2015 #8 Actually, it is the title of a book. I found it on an advertisement.
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Nov 19, 2015 #9 A google search shows no book with this title.
K kyawwin Junior Member Thread starter Joined Jun 19, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Burmese Home Country Myanmar Current Location Myanmar Nov 20, 2015 #10 It is a local book, here in Myanmar.
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Nov 20, 2015 #11 Was it written by a local person in Myanmar?
BobK Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 29, 2006 Location Spencers Wood, near Reading, UK Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country UK Current Location UK Nov 20, 2015 #12 Look at the typeface used for the book title. Judging from the author's other works (mentioned in another post) it should be something like The will of We (meaning something like The power that comes with thinking of yourself ('I') as part of something bigger ('We')) or even The will of We (meaning roughly the same, but emphasizing the expression of jointly-held intentions). b
Look at the typeface used for the book title. Judging from the author's other works (mentioned in another post) it should be something like The will of We (meaning something like The power that comes with thinking of yourself ('I') as part of something bigger ('We')) or even The will of We (meaning roughly the same, but emphasizing the expression of jointly-held intentions). b