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Tue 22 Jan, 2008 09:41 pm
Discover a simple new explanation for gravity that shows it is neither Newton's "attracting force" nor Einstein's "warped space-time", and the moon's far-side surface gravity holds major surprises for us.
Is the part in bold still governed by "nor"?
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No; the comma extricates it from that rather illogical possibility.
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The whole sentence seems to be a mess, both in scientific and grammatical terms.
So, what do you think the author wants to say?
Now, I am confused. I'd like to know if you can figure out what the author actually means by using this flawed sentence.
from
www.thefinaltheory.com
Title: The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy
Subtitle: The Next Scientific Leap Forward
Quote:paragraph 3 Discover a simple new explanation for gravity that shows it is neither Newton's "attracting force" nor Einstein's "warped space-time", and the moon's far-side surface gravity holds major surprises for us.
Maybe someone can help me reach the website or the author for an explanation of the grammar of the above quotation.
Thanks
It seems to be a description of what you will find in Paragraph 3:
a simple new explanation of gravity that shows it is neither Newton's "attracting force" nor Einstein's "warped space-time",
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(the fact that) the moon's far-side surface gravity holds major surprises for us.
Sometimes the Table of Contents of a book or paper will give descriptions like this. Nowadays it is mostly done in scientific works, but old novels sometimes had descriptions like "Chapter Three, in which the mystery is unveiled and we meet the unusual postman."