Generally speaking, for the experienced taraxacologist, it is easier to identify material in the field. Constructing a key for the identification of dandelions presents considerable difficulties.

a mental block

The government's restrictive policies towards civil society does not detract from Chinese NGOs' roles in opening up the political field and expanding civil society over the years in a dynamitic interaction with the state, as well as constituting an effective force in tackling specific issues in their campaigns.

We use words either denotatively or connotatively; denotatively when a word is used as a mere mark or sign to point out which thing of all possible things we mean to speak of, and connotatively when it is used to point out a supposed characteristic of the thing denoted.