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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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having take
having taken advantage of a collapse of central authority during a 2011 uprising
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Consider this simpler example. Having robbed a bank, he went to jail. This means that first he robbed a bank, and after that he went to jail.
- Consider this simpler example.
- Having robbed a bank, he went to jail.
- This means that first he robbed a bank, and after that he went to jail.
- There is a implied cause and effect, so you could reword it as eg Because he robbed a bank, he went to jail.
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Consider this simpler example.
Having robbed a bank, he went to jail.
This means that first he robbed a bank, and after that he went to jail.
There is a implied cause and effect, so you could reword it as
Having robbed a bank, he went to jail.
This means that first he robbed a bank, and after that he went to jail.
There is a implied cause and effect, so you could reword it as
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Please post an entire sentence, so we can make sense of it.
AQAP is active in the south and east of Yemen, having taken advantage of a collapse of central authority during a 2011 uprising that ousted veteran strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Paraphrase:
There was an uprising in Yemen in 2011.
Ali Abdullah Saleh was removed from his position of power
The central gove
AQAP is active in the south and east of Yemen, having taken advantage of a collapse of central authority during a 2011 uprising that ousted veteran strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Paraphrase:
There was an uprising in Yemen in 2011.
Ali Abdullah Saleh was removed from his position of power
The central gove
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