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1)Obama graduated from high school from a very good, expensive private high school in Honolulu in 1979. He later came to Los Angeles for two years, studying at a college called Occidental, a small private college here in L.A. After two years, he transferred – he moved universities – going to one of the better universities in the U.S., Columbia University in New York City in 1983.
What I don't understand in the above paragraph is
He later came to Los Angeles for two years, studying at a college called Occidental, a small private college here in L.A
Can you paraphrase the sentence above.?
Does the above sentence mean
He later came to Los Angeles for two years and was studying at a college called Occidental, a small private college here in LA.
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A Can you paraphrase the sentence above.? Obama graduated from high school in 1979. Some time later (there is no date specified), he went to Los Angeles.
- A Can you paraphrase the sentence above.?
- Obama graduated from high school in 1979.
- Some time later (there is no date specified), he went to Los Angeles.
- He stayed in Los Angeles for 2 years.
- During those 2 years, he studied at Occidental.
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ritikHe later came to Los Angeles for two years, studying at a college called Occidental, a small private college here in L.A
Can you paraphrase the sentence above.?
Obama graduated from high school in 1979.
Some time later (there is no date specified), he went to Los Angeles.
He stayed in Los Angeles for 2 years.
During those 2 years, h
0ritik1)Obama graduated from high school from a very good, expensive private high school in Honolulu in 1979.
Would it not be simpler to rewrite this in the following way? Obama graduated from a very good, expensive private high school in Honolulu in 1979.
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