Hi everyone,
I am finding it difficult to differentiate if contrast is already existing in sentence or not?
For example, in following question, we say contrast is already existing between The art critic and The aesthetes hence blanks are not contrasting each other.
While in following example, for second blank, we do not say that contrast is already existing between Confidentiality and Moral responsibility. Instead we say that contrast is existing between second blank and precious.
May someone help me understand why we are not saying that contrast is already existing? I am also doing Grammar classes, Is it somewhere related to dependent clause and independent clause?
Thank you
Blue and red are contradicting ideas and the text in green is just extra support for the blue idea.
for second:
Here the text in green is an elaboration of the sentence before it .
so , I will just re-use the word limited for the blank i
the second part starts with even though so whatever the question says after it ; we have to contradict it ;
so the idea is precious and thus, we need to go opposite of that idea → so, precious meaning of value/ close to heart etc… so, I will choose a word something in the lines of ignore/no value and then look for a word that matches this idea
can’t help you with that as I personally find grammar very boring thus, never retained anything from 1-2 videos that I watched from that series.
Hey, the Mona Lisa question is a perfect example of adjective clauses, in my opinion, and I think we can learn a lot from it. In this case, you can see adjective clauses in various forms. The first one (,the reproduction of a natural object,) is a reduced non-restrictive adjective clause, modifying the noun before it, which is ‘feat,’ and it helps you solve the first blank.
The second one ('that required deciphering’) is a restrictive adjective clause (no commas, using ‘that’ as a relative pronoun) that defines the noun before it, which corresponds to the second blank.
Just a heads up, I’m no grammar expert and also a non-native, but that’s how I see it. 
Regarding your first question about contrast, let’s dive in. The first sentence consists of one main clause with different subordinate clauses. The contrast word is “whereas,” which forms a contrast between art critics and aesthetes. So, within that single main clause, the contrast is already established.
However, the second one is a different story. It comprises two separate sentences(main clauses) related to each other with a semicolon. The second sentence itself contains a contrast, where “even though X is precious” contrasts with the other part of the sentence.
I hope that clarifies things for you!, and like i told you before I’m no grammar expert and also a non-native, but that’s how I see it.
