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In this case I think all that's going on is that the writer has already used the phrase "working classes" earlier in the sentence, and is following a convention
by mjw1007 7y ago
In this case I think all that's going on is that the writer has already used the phrase "working classes" earlier in the sentence, and is following a convention that recommends avoiding repetition in this sort of case.
- foldr 7y agoIt's more than just that. If you read the initial part of the sentence (that dhsysusbsjsi cut off) you can see that the author is paraphrasing a worry of the ruling class. In this context it's natural to use the kind of vocabulary that they might have used in their own thoughts.
- Retric 7y agoCritically it’s redundant in the paragraph, much like ‘dark and stormy night’. The point is to convey something else which is made clear by the redundancy.