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Dot.dot.dot Posted 13 years ago
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"we found that insomnia subjects did not properly turn on brain......and did not turn off mind-wandering brain regions irrelevant to the task."
1. subject here is an adjective. why "s" is added at the end of the word?
2. why "mind-wandering brain regions" can be directly followed by "irrelevant to the tasks" ?
I suppose we should add which is or that is in front of "irrelevant to the tasks" so it would be an adjective clause.
thank you
1. subject here is an adjective. why "s" is added at the end of the word?
2. why "mind-wandering brain regions" can be directly followed by "irrelevant to the tasks" ?
I suppose we should add which is or that is in front of "irrelevant to the tasks" so it would be an adjective clause.
thank you
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1. "subjects" is a noun. It refers to people who are being studied.
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- "subjects" is a noun.
- It refers to people who are being studied.
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1. "subjects" is a noun. It refers to people who are being studied.
2. Right, it means "and did not turn off mind-wandering brain regions that are/were irrelevant to the task."
It looks as if a determiner is missing before the first "brain", but the original says "did not properly turn on brain regions critical to a working memory task", i.e. the sentence has not been brok
2. Right, it means "and did not turn off mind-wandering brain regions that are/were irrelevant to the task."
It looks as if a determiner is missing before the first "brain", but the original says "did not properly turn on brain regions critical to a working memory task", i.e. the sentence has not been brok
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thank you for your reply. your help is appreciated:)
For the second question, why does the determiner matter? So is it acceptable to say "did not turn off mind-wandering brain regions irrelevant to the task" without adding that are or which are in it? If yes, in what case can we use it?
For the second question, why does the determiner matter? So is it acceptable to say "did not turn off mind-wandering brain regions irrelevant to the task" without adding that are or which are in it? If yes, in what case can we use it?
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My mention of "determiner" was in reference to the apparent omission of "the", "their", etc. before "brain" in "we found that insomnia subjects did not properly turn on brain". I was saying that it appears to be a mistake, but is not a mistake when you read the full sentence and discover that the phrase "brain regions" has been chopped in half. This was a side-issue not relevant to question 2. "th
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