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Can I have your comments on the following sentences?
Edison is the greatest inventor of his time. He lived in a poor environment but I wonder what made him a great inventor. If I could learn his mind, I think I could live a good life.
Can I have your comments on the following sentences?
Edison was the greatest inventor of his time. He lived in a poor environment but I wonder what made him a great inventor. If I could learn[understand/comprehend] his mind, I think I could live a good life.
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Edison came from a good middle class background, and was born into a literate and supportive family. Nothing poor about it.
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