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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Does the meaning change?

"These publications manufacture their conclusions by either omitting or ignoring the critical information regarding the sex differences in mental abilities."

I added the definite articles by the way.Emotion: thinking
  

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Anonymous Does the meaning change? Yes, the meaning changes if you add those 'the's. The addition of 'the' suggests that there is some specific body of information and some list of *** differences in mental abilities that is agreed upon as that information and those differences that the speaker is referring to.

  • Anonymous Does the meaning change?
  • Yes, the meaning changes if you add those 'the's.
  • The addition of 'the' suggests that there is some specific body of information and some list of *** differences in mental abilities that is agreed upon as that information and those differences that the speaker is referring to.
  • In this way the speaker seems to claim that he knows what the critical information is and what the *** differences are.
  • WIthout 'the's the speaker is being more vague.
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Anonymous Does the meaning change?
Yes, the meaning changes if you add those 'the's. The addition of 'the' suggests that there is some specific body of information and some list of *** differences in mental abilities that is agreed upon as that information and those differences that the speaker is referring to. In this way the speaker seems to claim that he

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