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Moon7296 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Capitalisation
1. Scientists have demonstrated that an ordinary airplane flight is like a brief visit to the Fountain of Youth.
2. If you fly around the world, preferably going eastward to gain the added motion of the Earth's rotation, the atomic clocks show that you'll return younger than you would have been if you had stayed home.
Question 1) I don't understand why underlined parts are capitalised.
Question 2) It's a little difficult to understand the part in bold. Is it OK to say 'you'll reture younger than you stay home.'
2. If you fly around the world, preferably going eastward to gain the added motion of the Earth's rotation, the atomic clocks show that you'll return younger than you would have been if you had stayed home.
Question 1) I don't understand why underlined parts are capitalised.
Question 2) It's a little difficult to understand the part in bold. Is it OK to say 'you'll reture younger than you stay home.'
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Hi, 1. Scientists have demonstrated that an ordinary airplane flight is like a brief visit to the Fountain of Youth. 2.
- Hi, 1.
- Scientists have demonstrated that an ordinary airplane flight is like a brief visit to the Fountain of Youth.
- 2.
- If you fly around the world, preferably going eastward to gain the added motion of the Earth's rotation, the atomic clocks show that you'll return younger than you would have been if you had stayed home.
- Question 1) I don't understand why underlined parts are capitalised.
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Hi,
1. Scientists have demonstrated that an ordinary airplane flight is like a brief visit to the Fountain of Youth.
2. If you fly around the world, preferably going eastward to gain the added motion of the Earth's rotation, the atomic clocks show that you'll return younger than you would have been if you had stayed home.
Question 1) I don't unders
1. Scientists have demonstrated that an ordinary airplane flight is like a brief visit to the Fountain of Youth.
2. If you fly around the world, preferably going eastward to gain the added motion of the Earth's rotation, the atomic clocks show that you'll return younger than you would have been if you had stayed home.
Question 1) I don't unders
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moon7296Question 1) I don't understand why underlined parts are capitalised.The Fountain of Youth is a legendary place name. The same goes for Atlantis (the lost continent), Camelot (capital city of King Arthur) and El Dorado (legendary city of gold.) These are all capitalized.
moon72962. If you fly around the world, preferably going e
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First off, I really appreciate your considerate answer.
I'm sorry but could you answer the capitalisation in the sentense 2)? ( Earth's rotation ~)
[[(b) If you had stayed at home, (a) you would have been older.
(a) you would have been older (b) if you had stayed at home.]]
How are they different? Is the meaning (b)=>(a) changed if its order changes to (a
I'm sorry but could you answer the capitalisation in the sentense 2)? ( Earth's rotation ~)
[[(b) If you had stayed at home, (a) you would have been older.
(a) you would have been older (b) if you had stayed at home.]]
How are they different? Is the meaning (b)=>(a) changed if its order changes to (a
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moon7296Earth's rotation ~)Earth is capitalized as a proper name of our planet. The same is true for the other planets, named asteroids and stars, and constellations.
moon7296Is the meaning (b)=>(a) changed if its order changes to (a)=>(b)?No, the meaning is the same. Either order is OK; sometimes it makes more
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