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Such word and phrase are important because they tell you what kind of major supporting details you need to look for. In other words, each time you locate a different form, another style, or an additional similarity, you have also found a major detail.

I think the underlined clause should be altered to have more natural connection with the former clause, for instance as the following:
It indicates that you have also found a major detail.
I'd like to know what you think about this.
Thank you in advance for your help.

GPY · Accepted Answer

The underlined part reads OK to me.

It should be "Such words and phrases".

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for your kind answer.

The, I'd like to know what you think abut "you might have also found a major detail," compared with the original sentence.

GPY · Answer

park sang joonThank you, GPY, for your kind answer. The, I'd like to know what you think abut "you might have also found a major detail," compared with the original sentence.

Yes, that's fine. Obviously it has less certainty than the original.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for your continuing support.

Strangely, my version sounds like much more natural to me.

CalifJim · Answer

park sang joonI think the underlined clause should be altered to have more natural connection with the former clause

That's not necessary. The grammatical pattern here is just a less formal way of expressing a definitional if-then relationship.

Whenever you're looking at a three-sided shape, you're looking at a triangle.
~ If you're looking at a three-sided shape, you're looking at a triangle.
~ If a shape has three sides, it's a triangle.
________

The text is claiming that a different form, another style, and an additional similarity are all major details. (Not that they might be major details, though you may disagree with the claim.)

CJ

Tkacka15 · Answer

park sang jooneach time you locate a different form, another style, or an additional similarity, you have also found a major detai

Hi PSJ.

I, as a non-native, understand it like that: "...each time you locate a different form, another style, or an additional similarity, (each time) you (find) have found a major detail."

GPY · Answer

tkacka15I, as a non-native, understand it like that: "...each time you locate a different form, another style, or an additional similarity, (each time) you (find) have found a major detail."

Unless I'm missing the point, I'm not sure that is a tremendously good way of looking at it.

The basic pattern is "Each time X, Y", which means that each time X happens, Y also happens (typically, as here, implied to be a consequence of X).

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