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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010What is meaning of this senetence.
Dear all, I got a sentence from Economist about China. I don't understand the usage of "would form part of his grooming. " . Is this clause describe the analyst thought that mean the analyst thought would form part of Mr Xi's grooming. Or this clause is describe the Mr Xi's failure that his failure would groom Mr Xi. Please Help. Thanks. The whole sentence is as follows: " But Andrew Nathan of Columbia University in New York does not see this as a challenge to the expected shoo-in for Xi Jinping, the vice- president, as China’s next leader, despite Mr Xi’s failure last year to garner the leading military post analysts thought would form part of his grooming. " > Dear all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > to garner the leading military post analysts thought would form part > of his grooming. " Analysts thought a leading military post would be part of Xi's grooming to be the next leader of China. Although Xi failed to get such a post, Nathan thinks something ["this"] is not a challenge to Xi's almost certainly becoming leader. -- Jerry Friedman >Dear all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >to garner the leading military post analysts thought would form part >of his grooming. " "Grooming", in this context, means "being prepared to rise to the next level". Mr Xi was not appointed to the leading military post that analysts thought he would get (garner), and that post would prepare him to rise to the next level.  SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > Dear all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > to garner the leading military post analysts thought would form part > of his grooming. " That part I get, but I've no idea what a shoo-in might involve. DC -- "Viv": > That part I get, but I've no idea what a shoo-in might involve. Someone who will certainly win. SignatureMark Brader | "I don't care HOW you format char c; while ((c = Toronto | getchar()) != EOF) putchar(c); ... this code is msb@vex.net | a bug waiting to happen from the outset." -- Doug Gwyn >"Viv": >> That part I get, but I've no idea what a shoo-in might involve. > >Someone who will certainly win. Yes. The phrase originated in NAme and is relatively unfamiliar in BrE. In Rightpondia it is sometimes written phonetically as "shoe-in". OED: shoo-in N. Amer. [f. vbl. phr. to shoo in: see SHOO v. 4.] 1. In Horse-racing, a predetermined or ‘fixed’ race, or the winner of it. Hence loosely, a horse which is a certain winner. 1928 National Turf Digest (Baltimore) Dec. 929/2 A ‘skate’ is a horse having no class whatever, and rarely wins only in case of a ‘fluke’ or ‘shoo in’. 2. transf. (esp. Pol.). A certain or easy winner; a certainty, a ‘walk-over’. shoo, v. 4. trans. With in, to allow a racehorse to win easily. U.S. slang. Cf. SHOO-IN. 1908 G. E. SMITH Racing Maxims & Methods of ‘Pittsburgh Phil’ ix. 123 There were many times presumably that ‘Tod’ would win through such manipulations, being ‘shooed in’, as it were. This seems to come from the senses: 1. trans. a. To scare or drive away (fowls, etc.) by calling out ‘shoo’ or by means of movement or gestures. Also with away, from, off, out (of). Also transf. b. To drive or urge (a person, animal, etc.) in a desired direction. The impression I get is that the horse that is "shooed in" does not need to exert itself much more than if it is being shooed in to a field or a stable. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > > "Viv": > >> That part I get, but I've no idea what a shoo-in might involve. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > OED: [snip interesting OED stuff] YLAL - thank you both. DC -- >>> "Viv": >>>> That part I get, but I've no idea what a shoo-in might involve. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > DC Shoo fly, don't bother me Shoo fly, don't bother me Shoo fly, don't bother me For I belong to Company G. SignatureFrank ess > " But Andrew Nathan of Columbia University in New York does not see this > as a challenge to the expected shoo-in for Xi Jinping, the vice- > president, as China’s next leader, despite Mr Xi’s failure last year to > garner the leading military post analysts thought would form part of his > grooming. " (BrE) IMO it is sloppily-written. It requires a 'that' between 'posts' and 'analysts' whereupon it becomes a lot clearer. |
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