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TorWager,a psychologistatColumbiaUniversity,leda recentstudyin
whichtestsubjectsweretoldthatoneskincreamwouldreducepain,
(1) anotherwouldn't.Wagerputthecreamsontwospotson
thesubjects'armsandthenappliedenoughheattoproducea burningsensation.
Brainscansandverbalreportsindicatedthatsubjectsperceivedlesspainwiththe
creamthat"reallyworked,"(2) thecreamswereidentical.^3
C. Completethesentences.Insome pairs,youwillhavetoaddanindependent
clause.Inothers,simplycompletethedependentclause.Thefirsttwohave
beendoneforyouasexamples.
- a. Arobotcannotthinkcreatively,eventhoughit canmaKelogicaldecisions
basedoninputdata.
b. Arobotcannotthinkcreatively,whereasa humanworKercan.
- a.Thoughit seldomsnowsinthedesert, _
b. Whileit seldomsnowsinthedesert, _
- a. TheIT(informationtechnology)managerdidnotsubmitnextyear's
budgetontime,although _
b.TheIT(informationtechnology)managerdidnotsubmitnextyear's
budgetontime,whereas _
- a.Inrecentyears,Asianmedicaltechniquessuchasacupuncturehave
gainedacceptanceintheWest,eventhough _
b.Inrecentyears,Asianmedicaltechniquessuchasacupuncturehave
gainedacceptanceintheWest,while _
- a.EventhoughSUVs aredangeroustodrive, _
b.WhereasSUVs aredangeroustodrive, _
ConditionalClauses
Aconditionalclausestatesa conditionfora resulttohappenornothappen.Inthe
sentenceIfit rains tomorrow, wewillnotgotothe beach,the conditionisthe
weather.Theresultis goingornotgoingtothebeach.A conditionalclausecancome
beforeorafteranindependentclause.
3 Achenbach,Joel."Medicine:PleasePasstheSugar."NationalGeographicAug.2004:1.
