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I've just finished a writing task for an ielts practice test asking,
There are many different types of music in the world today. Why do we need
music? Is the traditional music of a country more important than the
International music that is heard everywhere nowadays?
and I'm curious if I should use "of" instead of "for".
It's not proofreading here, but I'm not sure if the rest of the statement is required for the question.
“Music is life.” I believe that we all are used to hearing this phrase from different medias in our daily lives, such as television shows, movies and radio stations. You can try imagining that if there is no background music or theme songs in movies, those movies would be less interesting and less exciting, especially horror movies. Music also affect many things including our daily activities the same way it does to movies. Although the statement is a controversial one, I have to agree that music is parts of our lives.
First, we have music everywhere and every moment, music has been developed by human all the time, and that is why we have many types of music, for example, music which were developed in the past are called traditional music and classical music. The traditional music is a representative of local people perspectives and lifestyles that we can notice from their rhythms, lyrics and instruments.
Furthermore, we also have a type of music that most people love to listen to. It’s called international music, which is also appeared everywhere in our daily lives and represents the same things that other types of music do. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that traditional and international music have the same degree of important.
In conclusion, despite the increasing number of people who listen to international music, the truth is actually that traditional music is also a type of recreational way for people and reflexes many aspects of how people live, only in specific areas. This means both traditional and international music are equally important; however, they are just representatives of different groups of people.
What are the differences between "representative for" and "representative of" please??
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I've just finished a writing task for an ielts practice test asking,
There are many different types of music in the world today. Why do we need
music? Is the traditional music of a country more important than the
International music that is heard everywhere nowadays?
and I'm curious if I should use "of" instead of "for".
It's not proofreading here, but I'm not sure if the rest of the statement is required for the question.
“Music is life.” I believe that we all are used to hearing this phrase from different medias in our daily lives, such as television shows, movies and radio stations. You can try imagining that if there is no background music or theme songs in movies, those movies would be less interesting and less exciting, especially horror movies. Music also affect many things including our daily activities the same way it does to movies. Although the statement is a controversial one, I have to agree that music is parts of our lives.
First, we have music everywhere and every moment, music has been developed by human all the time, and that is why we have many types of music, for example, music which were developed in the past are called traditional music and classical music. The traditional music is a representative of local people perspectives and lifestyles that we can notice from their rhythms, lyrics and instruments.
Furthermore, we also have a type of music that most people love to listen to. It’s called international music, which is also appeared everywhere in our daily lives and represents the same things that other types of music do. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that traditional and international music have the same degree of important.
In conclusion, despite the increasing number of people who listen to international music, the truth is actually that traditional music is also a type of recreational way for people and reflexes many aspects of how people live, only in specific areas. This means both traditional and international music are equally important; however, they are just representatives of different groups of people.
What are the differences between "representative for" and "representative of" please??
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I would use 'of' except when referring to the job of representative for a particular company.
– Kate Bunting
Nov 14 at 12:40
For what it's worth, music is a representative of local people is not grammatical. It should be music represents or just music is representative.
– Jason Bassford
Nov 14 at 16:21
@JasonBassford So, it should be "The traditional music represents local people perspectives and . . .", right?
– gunnuu1993
Nov 15 at 5:37
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@gunnuu1993 it is correct to say "The traditional music represents the perspectives of local people and" but it is also correct to say "Traditional music is representative of local people's perspectives." I think the other user was specifically caught by your use of 'a' before representative in that sentence.
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
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Saying 'a representative' would mean you're talking about a person, where you want the adjective 'representative,' which happens to be the same word. People is already plural so it should be 'people's perspecives.'
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
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I've just finished a writing task for an ielts practice test asking,
There are many different types of music in the world today. Why do we need
music? Is the traditional music of a country more important than the
International music that is heard everywhere nowadays?
and I'm curious if I should use "of" instead of "for".
It's not proofreading here, but I'm not sure if the rest of the statement is required for the question.
“Music is life.” I believe that we all are used to hearing this phrase from different medias in our daily lives, such as television shows, movies and radio stations. You can try imagining that if there is no background music or theme songs in movies, those movies would be less interesting and less exciting, especially horror movies. Music also affect many things including our daily activities the same way it does to movies. Although the statement is a controversial one, I have to agree that music is parts of our lives.
First, we have music everywhere and every moment, music has been developed by human all the time, and that is why we have many types of music, for example, music which were developed in the past are called traditional music and classical music. The traditional music is a representative of local people perspectives and lifestyles that we can notice from their rhythms, lyrics and instruments.
Furthermore, we also have a type of music that most people love to listen to. It’s called international music, which is also appeared everywhere in our daily lives and represents the same things that other types of music do. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that traditional and international music have the same degree of important.
In conclusion, despite the increasing number of people who listen to international music, the truth is actually that traditional music is also a type of recreational way for people and reflexes many aspects of how people live, only in specific areas. This means both traditional and international music are equally important; however, they are just representatives of different groups of people.
What are the differences between "representative for" and "representative of" please??
ielts
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I've just finished a writing task for an ielts practice test asking,
There are many different types of music in the world today. Why do we need
music? Is the traditional music of a country more important than the
International music that is heard everywhere nowadays?
and I'm curious if I should use "of" instead of "for".
It's not proofreading here, but I'm not sure if the rest of the statement is required for the question.
“Music is life.” I believe that we all are used to hearing this phrase from different medias in our daily lives, such as television shows, movies and radio stations. You can try imagining that if there is no background music or theme songs in movies, those movies would be less interesting and less exciting, especially horror movies. Music also affect many things including our daily activities the same way it does to movies. Although the statement is a controversial one, I have to agree that music is parts of our lives.
First, we have music everywhere and every moment, music has been developed by human all the time, and that is why we have many types of music, for example, music which were developed in the past are called traditional music and classical music. The traditional music is a representative of local people perspectives and lifestyles that we can notice from their rhythms, lyrics and instruments.
Furthermore, we also have a type of music that most people love to listen to. It’s called international music, which is also appeared everywhere in our daily lives and represents the same things that other types of music do. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that traditional and international music have the same degree of important.
In conclusion, despite the increasing number of people who listen to international music, the truth is actually that traditional music is also a type of recreational way for people and reflexes many aspects of how people live, only in specific areas. This means both traditional and international music are equally important; however, they are just representatives of different groups of people.
What are the differences between "representative for" and "representative of" please??
ielts
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I would use 'of' except when referring to the job of representative for a particular company.
– Kate Bunting
Nov 14 at 12:40
For what it's worth, music is a representative of local people is not grammatical. It should be music represents or just music is representative.
– Jason Bassford
Nov 14 at 16:21
@JasonBassford So, it should be "The traditional music represents local people perspectives and . . .", right?
– gunnuu1993
Nov 15 at 5:37
1
@gunnuu1993 it is correct to say "The traditional music represents the perspectives of local people and" but it is also correct to say "Traditional music is representative of local people's perspectives." I think the other user was specifically caught by your use of 'a' before representative in that sentence.
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
1
Saying 'a representative' would mean you're talking about a person, where you want the adjective 'representative,' which happens to be the same word. People is already plural so it should be 'people's perspecives.'
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
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I would use 'of' except when referring to the job of representative for a particular company.
– Kate Bunting
Nov 14 at 12:40
For what it's worth, music is a representative of local people is not grammatical. It should be music represents or just music is representative.
– Jason Bassford
Nov 14 at 16:21
@JasonBassford So, it should be "The traditional music represents local people perspectives and . . .", right?
– gunnuu1993
Nov 15 at 5:37
1
@gunnuu1993 it is correct to say "The traditional music represents the perspectives of local people and" but it is also correct to say "Traditional music is representative of local people's perspectives." I think the other user was specifically caught by your use of 'a' before representative in that sentence.
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
1
Saying 'a representative' would mean you're talking about a person, where you want the adjective 'representative,' which happens to be the same word. People is already plural so it should be 'people's perspecives.'
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
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I would use 'of' except when referring to the job of representative for a particular company.
– Kate Bunting
Nov 14 at 12:40
I would use 'of' except when referring to the job of representative for a particular company.
– Kate Bunting
Nov 14 at 12:40
For what it's worth, music is a representative of local people is not grammatical. It should be music represents or just music is representative.
– Jason Bassford
Nov 14 at 16:21
For what it's worth, music is a representative of local people is not grammatical. It should be music represents or just music is representative.
– Jason Bassford
Nov 14 at 16:21
@JasonBassford So, it should be "The traditional music represents local people perspectives and . . .", right?
– gunnuu1993
Nov 15 at 5:37
@JasonBassford So, it should be "The traditional music represents local people perspectives and . . .", right?
– gunnuu1993
Nov 15 at 5:37
1
1
@gunnuu1993 it is correct to say "The traditional music represents the perspectives of local people and" but it is also correct to say "Traditional music is representative of local people's perspectives." I think the other user was specifically caught by your use of 'a' before representative in that sentence.
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
@gunnuu1993 it is correct to say "The traditional music represents the perspectives of local people and" but it is also correct to say "Traditional music is representative of local people's perspectives." I think the other user was specifically caught by your use of 'a' before representative in that sentence.
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
1
1
Saying 'a representative' would mean you're talking about a person, where you want the adjective 'representative,' which happens to be the same word. People is already plural so it should be 'people's perspecives.'
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
Saying 'a representative' would mean you're talking about a person, where you want the adjective 'representative,' which happens to be the same word. People is already plural so it should be 'people's perspecives.'
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
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I would use 'of' except when referring to the job of representative for a particular company.
– Kate Bunting
Nov 14 at 12:40
For what it's worth, music is a representative of local people is not grammatical. It should be music represents or just music is representative.
– Jason Bassford
Nov 14 at 16:21
@JasonBassford So, it should be "The traditional music represents local people perspectives and . . .", right?
– gunnuu1993
Nov 15 at 5:37
1
@gunnuu1993 it is correct to say "The traditional music represents the perspectives of local people and" but it is also correct to say "Traditional music is representative of local people's perspectives." I think the other user was specifically caught by your use of 'a' before representative in that sentence.
– eenbeetje
2 days ago
1
Saying 'a representative' would mean you're talking about a person, where you want the adjective 'representative,' which happens to be the same word. People is already plural so it should be 'people's perspecives.'
– eenbeetje
2 days ago