As I said in my previous two post, I’m studying with steve jobs’ speech. Some of them are difficult to understand, please let me know the questions below:
I can understand what he wants to talk about. However, I cannot understand the structure. “t’s the marriage of technology with (if you will) the humanity or liberal arts, that distinguishes Apple.” - the “that” after “marriage of” is “technology”? Besides, “if you will”, what does that mean? I know it’s usless here, but what’s the hidden verb after will?
As far as I know, marry is used with “to”. Maybe in spoken english, does “married with” considered okay? If it is wrong, how can I change it? “to”? I’m curious.
The use of ‘to’ when using the verb ‘marry’ is most often associated with the marriage of two people. When you talk of abstract ideas being connected or united, you can talk about ‘a marriage’ of one thing with another.
Let’s look at the sentence that confuses you:
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‘That’ in the sentence (after ‘marriage’) refers back to the technology created by Apple. ‘If you will’ means ‘if you like’. These expressions suggest something like: This is how I would like to explain /say it.