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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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the building blocks of life

A NASA spacecraft plunged into the atmosphere of Mars and lt is there to dig in the permafrost to look for evidence of the building blocks of life.
... the basic elements of life.

Hi,
Does the "building blocks of life" in the first of the above refer to "the basic elements of life?" Thanks.
  

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" Yes, but in my experience the 'building blocks' idiom is the more common way of phrasing it. CJ

  • " Yes, but in my experience the 'building blocks' idiom is the more common way of phrasing it.
  • CJ
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AngliholicDoes the "building blocks of life" in the first of the above refer to "the basic elements of life?"
Yes, but in my experience the 'building blocks' idiom is the more common way of phrasing it.
CJ

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