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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
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Development project

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If somebody says: She was in Africa at an AIDS vaccine development project - does it mean she was in Africa campaigning for a faster development of vaccine against AIDS?
  

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I think it ought to be: She was in Africa for an AIDS vaccine development project, and it means she was there as part of the team to develop an AIDS vaccine. Exactly how she is involved cannot be understood/inferred from that sentence alone. Chris

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  • I think it ought to be: She was in Africa for an AIDS vaccine development project, and it means she was there as part of the team to develop an AIDS vaccine.
  • Exactly how she is involved cannot be understood/inferred from that sentence alone.
  • Chris
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I think it ought to be: She was in Africa for an AIDS vaccine development project, and it means she was there as part of the team to develop an AIDS vaccine. Exactly how she is involved cannot be understood/inferred from that sentence alone.

Chris
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NewguestHi

If somebody says: She was in Africa at an AIDS vaccine development project - does it mean she was in Africa campaigning for a faster development of vaccine against AIDS?

No. The sentence is not that specific. She may have been working with test tubes and lab equipment -- not campaigning at all. The exact nature of
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