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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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She was tiny, several inches shorter than my five feet four inches, but her wildly curly dark hair made up a lot of the difference between our heights.

What does the second sentence mean?
  

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You only have one sentence. I take it you want to know what the second clause means. " However, she has a mass of tangled curls for a hairdo, which makes her seem taller, and thus seemingly much closer to the speaker's height.

  • You only have one sentence.
  • I take it you want to know what the second clause means.
  • " However, she has a mass of tangled curls for a hairdo, which makes her seem taller, and thus seemingly much closer to the speaker's height.
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You only have one sentence. I take it you want to know what the second clause means.

The woman is about five feet tall, shorter than the speaker by "several inches." However, she has a mass of tangled curls for a hairdo, which makes her seem taller, and thus seemingly much closer to the speaker's height.

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