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Okay. Well, X is specified in the phrase "... The main language of a nation... should be deterred..." Spanish is the main language in Spain, the only spoken by
by pvaldes 6y ago
Okay. Well, X is specified in the phrase "... The main language of a nation... should be deterred..."
Spanish is the main language in Spain, the only spoken by everybody, therefore can be inferred easily that X = Spanish
Having this in mind, 'Y' can be inferred easily also.
"the idea that Spanish should be deterred from [being used in] part of a territory is surrealist"
Territory means 'Spain' in this context.
Hope this helps
- lottin 6y agoNo, it doesn't help, sorry. A language can't be deterred. Only animated objects, such as animals and people, can. Your sentence doesn't make sense.
- dllthomas 6y agoActually, deter has two uses. From MW: Definition of deter transitive verb 1 : to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting she would not be deterred by threats 2 : inhibit painting to deter rust I have also seen "crime" and "war" given in examples of sense 2. To "deter the language", in sense 2, would be to deter speakers from using the language. You can sort of unify the two senses by treating "rust" or "war" or "crime" as willful entities - but in that case I don't see a reason you couldn't do the same for a language. Do you actually fail to understand what pvaldes was trying to communicate?
- lottin 6y agoWell, I know the general idea that he's trying to convey, since it's the same sort of message that I read in the nationalist press (e.g. El Mundo) day in day out, but I think if you intend to have a productive discussion you have to talk precisely, otherwise it's a waste of time. To say that a language is being "deterred" is not precise, it's vague and confusing, even if not technically incorrect (although I doubt that).