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Old 26-Jan-2004, 10:41
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Is there a difference between:
1-Selectively, the nerves are desroyed.
2-The nerves are selectively destroyed.
3-The nerves are destroyed selectively.
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Old 26-Jan-2004, 12:09
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I think there is only one possible interpretation for those three sentences. No difference. (The second one is the most natural.)
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I'duse 2 or 3 and they're pretty much the same.
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