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How do you say this in English (UK)? "Graver still is the alienation and estrangement between people caused by the extensive use of machinery." Why this sentence add "still", what does "still" mean here? Can i delete it and the meaning does not change?
How do you say this in English (UK)? "Graver still is the alienation and estrangement between people caused by the extensive use of machinery." Why this sentence add "still", what does "still" mean here? Can i delete it and the meaning does not change?
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It's used as an amplifier in the sentence highlighting that the situation is grave. If you take it out you would have to reorder the sentence for it to make sense.
e.g, The alienation and estrangement between people caused by the extensive use of machinery is grave.
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@decoratedcrabbe so the original one is inverted sentence, right? only it is with "still" can it be inverted sentence, if i take it out, then it should be normal form, which is "The alienation and estrangement between people caused by the extensive use of machinery is grave"?
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