What does "funneled through" mean, and why not use "funnels"? This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, soci

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What does "funneled through" mean, and why not use "funnels"? This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as FUNNELED THROUGH the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century.

12 de dic. de 2013 7:13

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The time is 'first half of the twentieth century' - so those changes happened in the past, so you need to use past tense. Funnelling means to collect things together, and pass them through a small opening. Although the grammar is correct, it is a strange use of the term ( or more likely, not the best term to use).

12 de diciembre de 2013

This is just the past tense. It's the history so the changes have already funneled they are not currently funneling. ~ed at the end of a verb will note that it happened in the past.

12 de diciembre de 2013

The sentences in academic writings are always hard for me.Thank you!

8 de febrero de 2014

funnel here is a bit like looking through a telescope the wrong way round; seeing the big picture of history but looking only at a finely filtered view of it. Think of looking through a funnel too, and extrapolating the whole picture from the tiny one.

7 de febrero de 2014

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