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3 Dec 2018
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What does し mean in the following sentence?
働き更なる努力をしもっと成果を出すようにと常に求められている世の中です。
What does し mean in the following sentence?
働き更なる努力をしもっと成果を出すようにと常に求められている世の中です。
働き更なる努力をしもっと成果を出すようにと常に求められている世の中です。
I know that し can be used to list multiple reasons, but I've never seen it used after を.
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し is a conjugative suffix, it's an ellipsis of して.
して is hypothetical form of する.
する means do.
して is hypothetical form of する.
する means do.
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し is する that means "do" in English.
する can change to します, して, し。
して, し mean "do and"
する can change to します, して, し。
して, し mean "do and"
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In this case, it is a conjugated form of "する".
In this sentence, "て" is omitted in "努力をして".
As you may understand, this sentence means like "it is the world required to work, struggle more, and acheive more."
In this sentence, "て" is omitted in "努力をして".
As you may understand, this sentence means like "it is the world required to work, struggle more, and acheive more."
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This し is an inflected form of する(do). "努力をする" means "make efforts."
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@Peteron @Kachi_Oh @nina23 @Rainedrat @higacchief thank you all so much, I see it was simpler than I thought :-)
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