Could you let me know this structure?
Hi, this is a part of IELTS reading passage.
I don't know how this structure is possible, because the start part is not a clause and sentence.
Plausible as this seems, it is still a theory and based on our more comprehensive knowledge of land-based animals. Could you tell me what original sentence is and how it become like that?
a hazardhuman divers know all too well. If a diver ascends too quickly from a high-pressure underwater environment to a lower-pressure one, gases dissolved in blood and tissue expand and form bubbles. The bubbles block the flow of blood to vital organs, and can ultimately lead to death.
D Plausible as this seems, it is still a theory and based on our more comprehensive knowledge of land-based animals. For this reason, some scientists are wary. Whale expert Karen Evans is one such scientist. Another is Rosemary Gales, a leading expert on whale strandings. She says sonar technology cannot always be blamed for mass strandings. "It’s a case-by-case situation. Whales have been
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Plausible as this seems, it is still a theory and based on our more comprehensive knowledge of land-based animals. There is an understood "as" at the beginning. As plausible as this seems...
- Plausible as this seems, it is still a theory and based on our more comprehensive knowledge of land-based animals.
- There is an understood "as" at the beginning.
- As plausible as this seems...
- The underlined is an adverbial.
- I would call it a conjunctive adverb, a transition phrase such as nevertheless, however, or moreover .
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Plausible as this seems, it is still a theory and based on our more comprehensive knowledge of land-based animals.
There is an understood "as" at the beginning.
As plausible as this seems...
The underlined is an adverbial. I would call it a conjunctive adverb, a transition phrase such as nevertheless, however, or moreover.
"This" refers to a
0Plausible as this seems, it is still a theory and based on our more comprehensive knowledge of land-based animals. This means
Although this seems plausible,it is still a theory and based on our more comprehensive knowledge of land-based animals.
It's not a common s
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