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Taka Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Occurring

Unquestionably individuals come into the world with different potentialities but the evidence suggests that within any of the major racial groups the whole range of individual potentialities will be found. This does not necessarily mean that there are no statistically significant differences in specific innate abilities occurring in widely separated populations.
About the 'occurring' in bold, which does it modify; 'specific innate abilities' or 'statistically significant differences (in specific innate abilities)'?
  

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It's the differences (in abilities) that occur in separated populations. Simplified, There may be differences in abilities between distant populations.

— JeramieH

  • It's the differences (in abilities) that occur in separated populations.
  • Simplified, There may be differences in abilities between distant populations.
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It's the differences (in abilities) that occur in separated populations. Simplified,

There may be differences in abilities between distant populations.
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TakaAbout the 'occurring' in bold, which does it modify; 'specific innate abilities' or 'statistically significant differences (in specific innate abilities)'?
It doesn't make any real difference, does it? The differences occur in these separated populations because the abilities occur in these separated populations.

Pressed to decide, I'd say 'abil
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 Although there might be not much semantical difference, we have two different opinions in terms of grammar here. Hmm...
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