Think of your brain as a product of your genes and mostly 'unchanging', 'growing'
Hello, everyone,
While you may think of your brain as a product of your genes and mostly unchanging, growing until you reach a certain age and then unaffected by your lifestyle and environment, the reality is that your brain is always in a state of change. In addition to all of the functions your brain orchestrates, it has the ability to “clean house” to eliminate connections between brain cells no longer in use.
* partly quoted from the book, “Boost Your Brain Power in 60 Seconds: The 4-Week Plan for a Sharper Mind, Better Memory, and Healthier Brain”
My question is the usage of unchanging, growing . I have analyzed the sentence as follows;
"While you may think of your brain as [a product of your genes=A] <and> [mostly unchanging, growing until ~ =B], ... "
- ‘and’ leads to parallel structure; think of your brain as [A] and ,
- ‘unchanging’ and ‘growing’ are in apposition.
Will appreciate, if you kindly advise better solution.
Best RGDS,
Top answer
I take it as follows: While you may think of your brain as 1) a product of your genes and mostly unchanging, 2) (and then) growing until you reach a certain age, 3) and then unaffected by your lifestyle and environment, the reality is ... It's hard to know if this is exactly the intent of the writer because the structure is not really very clear. I have the feeling, though, that knowing the exact intent of these details of this one sentence will not play a very important part in understanding the rest of the book.
- I take it as follows: While you may think of your brain as 1) a product of your genes and mostly unchanging, 2) (and then) growing until you reach a certain age, 3) and then unaffected by your lifestyle and environment, the reality is ...
- It's hard to know if this is exactly the intent of the writer because the structure is not really very clear.
- I have the feeling, though, that knowing the exact intent of these details of this one sentence will not play a very important part in understanding the rest of the book.
- CJ
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I take it as follows:
While you may think of your brain as
1) a product of your genes and mostly unchanging,
2) (and then) growing until you reach a certain age,
3) and then unaffected by your lifestyle and environment,
the reality is ...
It's hard to know if this is exactly the intent of the writer because the structure
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