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Stenka25 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
A question regarding a paraphrase
a question regarding a paraphrase
The passage below is from ‘the Blank Slate’ by Steven Pinker.
http://evolbiol.ru/blankslate/blankslate.htm
The most famous evidence for extreme plasticity in humans had been the ability of some children to grow up relatively normal even with an entire hemisphere surgically removed in infancy.
? even when an entire hemisphere surgically had been removed in infancy
? even when an entire hemisphere surgically was removed in infancy
I paraphrased the underlined part in two versions.
One has a past-participle tense, and the other just a past-tense.
Question 1:
Are both possible?
Question 2:
Even though they are possible, isn't there any difference in meaning?
Regards.
The passage below is from ‘the Blank Slate’ by Steven Pinker.
http://evolbiol.ru/blankslate/blankslate.htm
The most famous evidence for extreme plasticity in humans had been the ability of some children to grow up relatively normal even with an entire hemisphere surgically removed in infancy.
? even when an entire hemisphere surgically had been removed in infancy
? even when an entire hemisphere surgically was removed in infancy
I paraphrased the underlined part in two versions.
One has a past-participle tense, and the other just a past-tense.
Question 1:
Are both possible?
Question 2:
Even though they are possible, isn't there any difference in meaning?
Regards.
Top answer
No. "
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A paraphrase would be "even if, when they were infants, an entire hemisphere of their brain was removed by a brain surgeon."
A paraphrase would be "even if, when they were infants, an entire hemisphere of their brain was removed by a brain surgeon."
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