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Old Oct 7, 2009, 07:35 AM
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Why 'Reduction' doesn't mean decreasment in this sentence?

It is their (reduction) to commercial practice,either through necessity or dedication, or through the ability of new technology ,that makes news and money.

Could anyone help me to explain what does the word (reduction) mean in that sentence?
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It is their (reduction) to commercial practice,either through necessity or dedication, or through the ability of new technology ,that makes news and money.

Could anyone help me to explain what does the word (reduction) mean in that sentence?
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In all honesty I cannot see that the use of the word is logical unless the author is suggesting there is some higher way something more or better than commercial practice.
In English a reduction means to reduce, but perhaps they meant induction which means to be introduced or brought into. I do know from experience that chinese who have learned english as a second language sometimes place strange meanings on words because of faulty translation, there being no direct equivalent of a word. The suffix re means to go back

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It is their (reduction) to commercial practice,either through necessity or dedication, or through the ability of new technology ,that makes news and money.

Could anyone help me to explain what does the word (reduction) mean in that sentence?
Thanks!
Hi again, shihouzhuge!

Did you write that sentence or did someone else write it, please? Also, what sort of commercial enteprise is it to which the sentence is in reference, please? The word "submission" or, "utilization of" are some words that might make more sense to use than the word, "reduction".

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