Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigExact(1)
Fragment 104, for example, compares a human life to a 'thinking reed.' "It is not in space that I should search for my dignity, but in the control of my thoughts … The universe comprehends me by space and engulfs me like a point; by means of thought, I comprehend it" (II, 574).
Similar(59)
I comprehend, I even applaud.
I don't condone it but I can comprehend it.
— Jonathan Wald (@jonathanwald) 1 Feb 13 cc: @AndrewKirtzman RT reminded of 1 of Ed Koch's best comeback lines: "I can explain it to you, but I cannot comprehend it for you".
I comprehend him too well tonight.
I'm militant about following this piece of advice, as in inverse relationship to my daily needs—I can read and write, and even speak, in French much better than I can comprehend it.
So I can comprehend it, it's an educative process and trying to understand what role I can play that would be advantageous and where there are places that I shouldn't speak to as a perpetrator.
"I cannot comprehend it for you".
Chandos tells Bacon that he can no longer grasp the ideas of a tract he wrote at the age of 23 "as a familiar image made up of connected words, but now I can comprehend it only word by word … " Nevertheless he is able to tell Bacon of his experience of having given orders for rat poison to be strewn in the milk cellar of one of his farms.
I cannot comprehend it.
I remember smoking two packs a day, being afraid all the time and looking as skinny as a wet ferret while history surged around me faster than I could comprehend it.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com