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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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Do both these sentences make sense, and do they mean the same:


a) "He had cancer some years ago, and it has now relapsed."


b) "He had cancer some years ago, and it has now reappered."

  

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" This does not work. It is the person who relapses, not the disease. " This is OK with the typo corrected.

— GPY

  • " This does not work.
  • It is the person who relapses, not the disease.
  • " This is OK with the typo corrected.
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Christine Christiea) "He had cancer some years ago, and it has now relapsed."

This does not work. It is the person who relapses, not the disease.

Christine Christieb) "He had cancer some years ago, and it has now reappeared."

This is OK with the typo corrected.

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