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I can’t understand what meaning the words
“it was a whole exercise in cost-benefit analysis “ the speaker says indicate .
I can’t figure out what meaning especially the word “whole “ means .
It appeared at the time 7:52.
Please explain it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/poet_ali_the_language...
I can’t understand what meaning the words
“it was a whole exercise in cost-benefit analysis “ the speaker says indicate .
I can’t figure out what meaning especially the word “whole “ means .
It appeared at the time 7:52.
Please explain it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/poet_ali_the_language...
“it was a whole exercise in cost-benefit analysis “ the speaker says indicate .
I can’t figure out what meaning especially the word “whole “ means .
It appeared at the time 7:52.
Please explain it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/poet_ali_the_language...
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Using "whole" in this sense is kind of like slang. It's just used to indicate that he viewed the exercise in cost-benefit analysis as being something significant rather than something trivial. The meaning of "whole" in this sense is very subtle and does not really change the meaning of the sentence.
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Using "whole" in this sense is kind of like slang. It's just used to indicate that he viewed the exercise in cost-benefit analysis as being something significant rather than something trivial. The meaning of "whole" in this sense is very subtle and does not really change the meaning of the sentence.
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