The period is important



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送交者: gyro 于 2006-3-21, 18:51:30:

回答: original text: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, p23 由 xj 于 2006-3-21, 17:54:02:

"That takes food, and the food in turn takes people. Treadmill. "

The period in front of "Treadmill" is crucial. With the period the sentence is not offensive to me.

This is very different from "而食物又导致更多的人Treadmill", which leaves too much room for imagination.



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