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Karen15 Posted 8 years ago
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Outsmart

Hello,

Please check the following for possible errors:

Does John still have that robot?
Yes but with a little bit difference that the robot eventually outsmarted him and now he is his master!

Thanks.

  

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Does John still have that robot? Yes , but with a little bit of difference that the robot eventually outsmarted him , and now he is his master! "a little bit of difference that ~" is questionable under strict inspection, but for normal purposes it's OK, so I have made the minimal correction.

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  • Does John still have that robot?
  • Yes , but with a little bit of difference that the robot eventually outsmarted him , and now he is his master!
  • "a little bit of difference that ~" is questionable under strict inspection, but for normal purposes it's OK, so I have made the minimal correction.
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Does John still have that robot?
Yes, but with a little bit of difference that the robot eventually outsmarted him, and now he is his master!

"a little bit of difference that ~" is questionable under strict inspection, but for normal purposes it's OK, so I have made the minimal correction.

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I wouldn't say the reversal of roles was a "little" difference, and hence put it as:


Yes, but with the difference that... .

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Karen15

Hello,
Please check the following for possible errors:
Does John still have that robot?
Yes but with a little bit difference that the robot eventually outsmarted him and now he is his master!
Thanks.

I wouldn't humanized the robot (hopefully, we are not there yet) and put it "... and now it is his master!"

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