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Michaelbr Posted 14 years ago
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"Yet politicians believed that missiles kept you safe, whereas actually books did, and for a simple reason."
Does it mean the book did the same as missiles, keep you safe?
  

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"Does it mean the book did the same as missiles, keep you safe? No. "Whereas" makes a contrast.

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  • "Does it mean the book did the same as missiles, keep you safe?
  • No.
  • "Whereas" makes a contrast.
  • Politicians believed one thing, but a different thing was actually the true thing.
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michaelbr"Yet politicians believed that missiles kept you safe, whereas actually books did, and for a simple reason."Does it mean the book did the same as missiles, keep you safe?
No. "Whereas" makes a contrast. Politicians believed one thing, but a different thing was actually the true thing.
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