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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Frustrating or exciting?

Does "The biotech chief executive" refer to David Johnson? He planned to take out/withdraw the cash so he's exciting?

Context:

Tuesday 1 October should have been an exciting day for David Johnson. The biotech chief executive planned to withdraw some of the cash from a US$1.2-million small business grant that his firm, GigaGen in San Francisco, California, had been awarded just days before by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

More:
http://www.nature.com/news/nih-shutdown-effects-multiply-1.13872
  

Top answer

Does "The biotech chief executive" refer to David Johnson? Yes He planned to take out/withdraw the cash so he's exciting? No, the day was supposed to be exciting .

— Clive

  • Does "The biotech chief executive" refer to David Johnson?
  • Yes He planned to take out/withdraw the cash so he's exciting?
  • No, the day was supposed to be exciting .
  • He was excited.
  • Context: Tuesday 1 October should have been an exciting day for David Johnson .
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Does "The biotech chief executive" refer to David Johnson? Yes
He planned to take out/withdraw the cash so he's exciting? No, the day was supposed to be exciting. He was excited.

Context:

Tuesday 1 October should have been an exciting day for David Johnson. The biotech chief execu
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Thanks.
But I don't understand the meaning of the word "withdraw" very well.
Does it mean "get the money from the bank"?
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