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", at least they represent a known factor and give people a sence of comfort and stability."
"change often upsets people. As bad as conditions might be, at list they represent a known factor and give people a sence of comfort and stability. change, however, rock the boat."
I dont know what does 'they' refer to? It might be refer to conditions. Ha?
If change offten upsets people why gives people a sence of comfort?
I dont know what does 'they' refer to? It might be refer to conditions. Ha?
If change offten upsets people why gives people a sence of comfort?
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Yes, 'they' refers to 'conditions'. It means that even if conditions are bad, at least the situation is familiar and predictable. If you get a change, things might not be as good as you hoped; change does not bring guaranteed improvement. When you try to get out of one situation you might even find the new situation is worse, not better. A good phrase for this is you might "jump out of the frying pan into the fire". And a warning against this temptation is "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"
NOTE SPELLING 'sense' and 'at least'. Also "change . . . rockS the boat"
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NOTE SPELLING 'sense' and 'at least'. Also "change . . . rockS the boat"
Keep the questions coming!
I'll need to correct your quote, as you transcribed it with errors:
"Change often upsets people. As bad as conditions might be, at least they represent a known factor and give people a sense of comfort and stability. Change, however, rocks the boat."
"They" = conditions, ie. the current (stable) conditions. This is something quite different to change.
"Change often upsets people. As bad as conditions might be, at least they represent a known factor and give people a sense of comfort and stability. Change, however, rocks the boat."
"They" = conditions, ie. the current (stable) conditions. This is something quite different to change.
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