Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Preconception"

A: @Ri-na She expected him to be too posh and snooty, but he was "down-to-earth, sincere, and witty".

A: preconception = an idea about someone or something that is not based on facts or experience
prejudice = harmful or hurtful ideas about people and cultures

Bill thought all Japanese food is made of raw fish and rice. He had a preconception about Japanese food. (= he has not eaten Japanese food, but he has an incorrect idea of it)
Bill thought all French people are lazy and rude. He had a prejudice against French people. (= Bill has a hurtful opinion of the French)

A: Prejudice is always bad. Preconceptions can be anything, bad or good, big or small.

Sometimes preconceptions can be prejudices if they're bad, but not always. For example, you might have the preconception that I like to read because I wear glasses. It's not a bad thing, or a big thing, but it may or may not be true because not everyone who wears glasses likes to read.

Prejudices are usually hateful feelings towards people who are another race, or sexual identity, or anyone who is different.

Does that help?

A: The first sounds much better, but I would change it slightly to : “ a skewed perspective of people who like drinking” or a “bias against people who like drinking” if you have negative ideas about them

A: had connects with never. the middle part is extra explanation but not completely necessary.

‎“I suppose one preconception I had, as a city-dweller of a vast country with loads of countryside to explore, never really got put to the test.”

see how the middle part is enclosed in commas?

‎“I suppose one preconception I had never really got put to the test.”

remove everything between the commas and you can see where they connect.

below is information about how commas are used on these types of sentences in case you wanted to know that too.



Using commas to mark off parts of a sentence

Commas are used to separate a part of a sentence that is an optional ‘aside’ and not part of the main statement.

Gunpowder is not, of course, a chemical compound.

His latest film, Calypso Dreams, opens next month.

In these sentences, the role of the commas is similar to their function in non-restrictive relative clauses: they mark off information that isn’t essential to the overall meaning. Using commas in this way can really help to clarify the meaning of a sentence. Take a look at this example:

Cynthia’s daughter, Sarah, is a midwife.

The writer’s use of commas tells us that Cynthia has only one daughter. If you removed Sarah’s name from the sentence, there would still be no doubt as to who was the midwife:

Cynthia’s daughter is a midwife.

If you rewrite the original sentence without commas its meaning changes:

Cynthia’s daughter Sarah is a midwife.

The lack of commas tells us that the name ‘Sarah’ is crucial to the understanding of the sentence. It shows that Cynthia has more than one daughter, and so the name of the one who is a midwife needs to be specified for the meaning to be clear.

If you aren’t sure whether you’ve used a pair of commas correctly, try replacing them with brackets or removing the information enclosed by the commas altogether, and then see if the sentence is still understandable, or if it still conveys the meaning you intended.

A: Preconception - “before idea” - ideas about something before encountering it. A preconception can include prejudice or can involve more neutral ideas.

Prejudice - “before judge” - opinion or judgement on a thing before encountering it.

So you can have ideas or opinions about something without necessarily deciding it is good or bad.

Biased opinion is more common. A preconceived opinion is typically just a preconception or a prejudice depending on its type.

A: 'Sue' doesn't make sense. The rest is good!

A: "There are all these preconceptions that* ...". The phrase "this will sound 10 times worse" is a bit confusing, do you mean "it will be 10 times worse"?