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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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After Bassi's death in 1778, it took more than a century, and the arrival of Marie Curie, for another woman to find herself at home in the male-dominated world of physics.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if what the above sentence means is that it needed "more a century and the arrival of Marie Curie" for another woman to find herself at home in the male-dominated world of physics.
Thank you in advance for your help.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if what the above sentence means is that it needed "more a century and the arrival of Marie Curie" for another woman to find herself at home in the male-dominated world of physics.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
More than a century had to pass by, and Marie Curie had to be born. A-Stars here!
- More than a century had to pass by, and Marie Curie had to be born.
- A-Stars here!
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More than a century had to pass by, and Marie Curie had to be born.
A-Stars here!
A-Stars here!
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The writer means this.
it took more than a century, and it took the arrival of Marie Curie
But it can be interpreted to mean this.
it took more than a century, and more than the arrival of Marie Curie
it took more than a century, and it took the arrival of Marie Curie
But it can be interpreted to mean this.
it took more than a century, and more than the arrival of Marie Curie
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