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Contraposition Posted 13 years ago
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the stuff

The carpenter with a side business of patent medicine packaging had been wanting to get into the then-new packaged foods business and thought this might be the stuff if only he could figure out how to make it more appealing.

What does 'the stuff' mean?
  

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contraposition What does 'the stuff' mean? With the text you have given, it would be his patent medicine packaging.

— Mister Micawber

  • contraposition What does 'the stuff' mean?
  • With the text you have given, it would be his patent medicine packaging.
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contrapositionWhat does 'the stuff' mean?
With the text you have given, it would be his patent medicine packaging.
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In 1895, Pearle Wait sat at his kitchen table poking at a bowl of gelatin. The carpenter with a side business of patent medicine packaging had been wanting to get into the then-new packaged foods business and thought this might be the stuff, if only he could figure out how to make it more appealing. Although glue-makers had been producing it for decades as a by-product of their animal rendering,
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the stuff = gelatin.

Do you see how much easier it is for all of us if you post adequate context?
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In 1895, Pearle Wait sat at his kitchen table poking at a bowl of gelatin. The carpenter with a side business of patent medicine packaging had been wanting to get into the then-new packaged foods business and thought this might be the stuff, if only he could figure out how to make it more appealing. Although glue-makers had been producing it for de
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contrapositionWhat does 'this' refer to?
the gelatin.

The gelatin might be a good new product.
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Gelatin might be gelatin. What does it mean?
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contrapositionWhat does 'the stuff' mean?
The right substance to use.
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