Komentáře: Having a respect for the SOUL as a way to stop violence.

Od: MH.

MH. — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:41:26 +0000

Answer from my friend:

You could also say:
„Having respect for the SOUL is a method of how to stop violence“
„Having respect for the SOUL is how to stop violence“
„(Having) Respect for the SOUL stops violence“

You can say „a respect“ but it isn’t common. It adds emphasis onto respect and the conscious choice/effort to treat whatever/whoever in a specific and designated manner. To say „a respect“ is more a philosophical/analytical approach. Not incorrect — particularly if you follow it with a discussion of what is meant by respect — although it is not as common.

We do not say „a violence.“

Od: petr II

petr II — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:42:05 +0000

Souhlasím…
…s GLUMem.

Od: GLUM

GLUM — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:44:22 +0000

கொரிய யுத்
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Od: Ivan Derer

Ivan Derer — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:28:35 +0000

After going through the text again
Consider writing it, than wait for some hour or two, and read it again. You will see some really bad mistakes…

Od: Ivan Derer

Ivan Derer — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:15:27 +0000

David
you know, we all do mistakes and I personally have got allways a little tiny piece of insecurity, when writing:-)
My comment on this spot: By writing in English, you will not get an audience on THIS blog, Mr. Hajny. A year ago I also thought to write in foreign language so that my friends from other side of the ocean can read my blogs, but than I noticed I was fooling myself.
I turned to Blogger…(David, please, don´t read that :-).
But that´s my experience, maybe you will experience a tiny bit of Respekt and I hope, David did´t let you down.
BTW, I´ve learned my english on THAT university too…

Od: david mervart

david mervart — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:50:19 +0000

corrigenda
just allow me one or two linguistic remarks.
I very much appreciate your courage in attempting to write a rather extensive piece of text in English, but:
„…way HOW…“ is a very common ‚Czenglish‘ mistake; since „way“ already means „how“, the correct English is „way to [stop]…“ or „way of [stopping]…“;
also, neither „respect“ nor „violence“ can really take indefinite article here; you could speak of „an act of violence“ or „a tiny bit of respect“, but without such modification both nouns are uncountable and therefore cannot standardly be preceded by „a“…

…and I am afraid this gets us only through the headline ; )