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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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Reforestation gets at one of the root causes of desertification and is not just a treatment of the symptoms.

Does this sentence mean refrestation merely causes desertification?
  

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No, it means "reaches" or "grasps."
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What does "reaches" or "grasps" mean in this context?
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Reforestation tackles one of the main causes of desertification. Emotion: wink
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contrapositionDoes this sentence mean reforestation merely causes desertification?
No. Not at all. Reforestation doesn't cause desertification. It reverses desertification. It makes the desert-like conditions go away and returns the land to what it used to be.

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