conclude? Here is a passage ''The English do not approach life intellectually; they do not demand that it shall conform to some rigid mental plan; they are not convinced that the universe can be penetrated by thought; they are willing to go to work, either in politics or art, without a theory to sustain them; and when they are more practical than other races, it is not—as those races frequently CONCLUDE—because they are coldly clear-sighted and unimaginative, but because they do not busy themselves asking reason to find a key when instinct has already shown them that the door is wide open.'' What does ''—as those races frequently CONCLUDE—'' mean? Does this mean "those races frequently conclude that the English are more practical because they are coldly clear-sighted and unimaginative", or mean"other races are less practical than the English because they frequently conclude", or, both are correct? Why? Thank you!

about 'what' ''the implicit rationale behind the speaker's statement seems to be that cultural enrichment pales in importance compared to food, clothing, and shelter. that the latter needs are more fundamental is indisputable; after all, WHAT starving person would prefer a good painting to even a bad meal? accordingly, i concede that when it comes to the public resouce it is entirely appropriate to assign a lower priority to the arts than to these other pressing social problems. yet, to postpone public arts funding until we completely eliminate unemployment and hunger would be to postpone arts funding forever.'' please help to explain the sentence ''after all, WHAT starving person would prefer a good painting to even a bad meal? '' I dont know the use of the 'what' here thank you.

ellipsis "THAN and AS can replace subjects in clauses,rather like relative pronouns. eg 1); THEY LOST MONEY,AS WAS EXPECTED(AS IT WAS EXPECTED is incorrect 2);THE TRAIN MIGHT BE LATE,AS HAPPENED YESTERDAY and "as it happened yesterday"is incorrect" but another grammar book says "AS (IT )OFFTEN HAPPENS ""She has married again, as (it )offten happens." here "it"is optional" which i think is contradicts 1) another sentence 4) "IF It carried out the programm as IT was agreed last year, things would have been better now" HERE the "it" contradicts 2) why? can I omitt IT in the last sentence

the ellipsis of "as" "THAN and AS can replace subjects in clauses,rather like relative pronouns. '' a grammar book says 1 "As it is common knowledge,the earth goes around the sun 2 "As is common knowledge,the earth... 3"As common knowledge,the earth ... I think all are all explainable. my thoughts: 1, “as” leads a clause and conjoins it to the other 2,"as" is a relative pronoun and can replaced by subject.So 2nd="Which is common knowledge,the earth goes around the sun",which i think is correct 3rd "as": adjective before a clause which is right? plz pick faults with my thoughts thx!

tense. "I OFTEN LEAVE off sedentary work after writing a few dozen words and go to the courtyard to take a look at the flowers ,watering them and moving about the potted ones.Then I WILL return to my room to write a bit moe. I WILL go through the same back-and -foth process again and again ,thus combining mental with manual labour ." In the first and second sentences," leave off work "and "return to my room" are actions of a sequence. Why to use the present tense in the first while the future tense in the second sentence?

grammar "ALTHOUGH such flowers are able to weather through by themselves,I,HOWEVER,never ignore them or abandon them to their own fate,for otherwise most of them will probable end up dead." As common knowledge[Or As is common knowledge?] ALTHOUGH and HOWEVER cannot appear in a single sentence, since the meaning of each includes the other's. Why the two appear together here?