On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:22:12 +0200, "John of Aix"
<j.murphy@nospamlibertysurf.fr> wrote:
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>> I came across this usage of the word "subsists" and am at a loss to
>> understand what the author is getting at. I am hoping that someone
>> here can perhaps clarify what appears to me an ambiguous usage.
>>
>> I will paraphrase and condense the actual paragraph, but I believe the
>> essence of what was said will remain intact.
>>
>> Here goes---
>>
>> First, there is provided characteristics of those that comprise (what
>> I will call) Group A, so that a clear understanding is developed for
>> the members of Group A, Then the author(s) continue by indicating that
>> Group A subsists in Group B.
>>
>> So my question is, are all members of Group A in Group B, or some
>> members of Group A in Group B, and just how does Group B relate to
>> Group A?
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>'Subsist' means 'continues to exist' so in the above it could mean that
>all members (the group itself as a unit) continue to exist in group B or
>just some of them, a reduced group, or that its influence continues etc.
>Only the context can really say and even then, as you seem to show, it
>isn't certain either.
>
This is the original sentence, although I have changed some of the
nouns to "protect the innocent",
This Group A constituted and organized in the world as a society,
subsists in Group B, which is governed by a president and a board of
directors, although many elements that define Group A are found
outside of its visible structure.
What, again, can you say about the relationship of Group A and Group
B?
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