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Stenka25 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of a sentence
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I have the below paragraph hard to understand.
The first preventive measure taken was isolation. The victims, if possible, would be separated from the others. If they were not available, not the non-infected people would flee from the areas in which the disease was prevalent.
1. What is the underlined 'they' stand for?
As far as the meaning goes, it seems to represent 'measure.' But in this paragraph, it's number is single. So is there any chance that 'they' could mean 'victims.'
2. I also cannot understand the part that follows 'not.' Can you explain to me with the paraphrased sentence. I mean, 'not' seems like inversed for some purpose, so can you explain with the sentence with 'not' being put in the original place?
I have the below paragraph hard to understand.
The first preventive measure taken was isolation. The victims, if possible, would be separated from the others. If they were not available, not the non-infected people would flee from the areas in which the disease was prevalent.
1. What is the underlined 'they' stand for?
As far as the meaning goes, it seems to represent 'measure.' But in this paragraph, it's number is single. So is there any chance that 'they' could mean 'victims.'
2. I also cannot understand the part that follows 'not.' Can you explain to me with the paraphrased sentence. I mean, 'not' seems like inversed for some purpose, so can you explain with the sentence with 'not' being put in the original place?
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Hi, I have the below paragraph hard to understand. The first preventive measure taken was isolation. The victims, if possible, would be separated from the others.
- Hi, I have the below paragraph hard to understand.
- The first preventive measure taken was isolation.
- The victims, if possible, would be separated from the others.
- If they were not available, not the non-infected people would flee from the areas in which the disease was prevalent.
- Are you sure you have copied the sentence correctly as it was originally written?
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Hi,
I have the below paragraph hard to understand.
The first preventive measure taken was isolation. The victims, if possible, would be separated from the others. If they were not available, not the non-infected people would flee from the areas in which the disease was prevalent.
Are you sure you have copied the sentence correctly as it was originally written? The word
I have the below paragraph hard to understand.
The first preventive measure taken was isolation. The victims, if possible, would be separated from the others. If they were not available, not the non-infected people would flee from the areas in which the disease was prevalent.
Are you sure you have copied the sentence correctly as it was originally written? The word
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It's the same with original paragraph.
I doublechecked it.
As a matter of fact, I thought, when I first saw this sentence, that "they" represented victims not through the meaning, but through the form.
And I alos thought the part after 'not,' did not make sense.
But all of my colleagues who're also a English teacher said that "they" represented 'measure' and the part afte
I doublechecked it.
As a matter of fact, I thought, when I first saw this sentence, that "they" represented victims not through the meaning, but through the form.
And I alos thought the part after 'not,' did not make sense.
But all of my colleagues who're also a English teacher said that "they" represented 'measure' and the part afte
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