Does Also in this paragraph make the two exactly equal?

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Hello I want to know if in this paragraph [Sam was a runner and his natural strength was strong. of course ,the swimmer, Bob, also had an extremely strong strength.] Does (Also) make Bob and Sam equal in how much their strength is strong? Or is one of them stronger than the other one?(sorry for bothering )
 

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It just means they were both strong.

We don't know if they were of exactly the same strength, which is in any case something almost impossible to measure.
 

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Hello.

I want would like to know if, in this paragraph, Does "also" makes Bob and Sam equal in how much their strength is strong? or is if one of them is stronger than the other one.
"Sam was a runner and his natural strength was strong. Of course, the swimmer, Bob, also had an extremely strong strength."

(Sorry for bothering you.) Unnecessary.
Please note my corrections above. Remember to follow these rules of written English:
- Make sure that there is only one space between each word.
- Don't put a space before a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Always put a space after a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark (unless they're followed by a bracket or quotation marks).
- Don't put a space after opening brackets.
- Don't put a space before closing brackets.
- Use quotation marks around quotes and to mark out words from the surrounding text.
- Start every new sentences with a capital letter.

Where did you find those two sentences? They're very unnatural.
 

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Thank you very much. I found them in a book that was translated from Japanese.
 
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emsr2d2,
Is it (Does "also" makes)?

Blame it on the 'season" :)
 

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emsr2d2,
Is it (Does "also" makes)?

Blame it on the 'season" :)
From my corrections, it's clear that the opening sentence should be "I would like to know if, in this paragraph, "also" makes ..."
 

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Thank you very much. I found them in a book that was translated from Japanese.
That's not enough information to cover our copyright rules. Please do your best to translate the title and tell us the name(s) of the author(s).
 

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@Kam None of those make sense -- either in combination or individually.

Forget "strong strength" or any variation of that.
 
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Thank you very much. I found them in a book that was translated from Japanese.
Your information says you are Persian--not Japanese.
 

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emsr2d2,
Is it (Does "also" makes)?

Blame it on the 'season" :)
Sorry, I don't understand. I thought when we start a question with "does" the main verb doesn't need "s".😂
 

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Your information says you are Persian--not Japanese.
Yes I am but sometimes I read English novels that are translated from Japanese.
 

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Sorry, I don't understand. I thought that when we start a question with "does", the main verb doesn't need an "s".😂
You're right but I very clearly crossed out the word "Does". I changed the structure of the sentence completely to make it more natural.
 

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From my corrections, it's clear that the opening sentence should be "I would like to know if, in this paragraph, "also" makes ..."
My sincere apologies. I didn't see the word "Does" crossed out.

Blame it on my eyesight!
 

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A quest for knowledge:

The term "crossed out" describes the state of the word "Does".

The word "Does" can be either crossed out or not crossed out.

In that case, would it not be correct to say "I didn't see the word "Does" crossed out"?

It's like saying:

A traffic light can be red, amber or green:
1. I didn't see the traffic light red.

2. I didn't see the man crossing the road.
 

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A quest for knowledge:

The term "crossed out" describes the state of the word "Does". The word "Does" can be either crossed out or not crossed out. In that case, would it not be correct to say "I didn't see the word "Does" crossed out"?
If it were correct to say "I didn't see the word "Does" crossed out" (which is exactly what you said in post #13, do you think I would have corrected it?
It's like saying:

A traffic light can be red, amber or green:
1. I didn't see the traffic light red. ❌
2. I didn't see the man crossing the road. ✅
Your first example doesn't work because it's "I didn't see the red traffic light". You can't move the colour unless you say "I didn't notice that the traffic light was red".
Your second example is OK because it's a shortened version of "I didn't see the man who was crossing the road" or "I didn't see the man while he was crossing the road".
 

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I didn't see the word "Does" crossed out.
I'm trying to figure out what the error is here. It sounds all right to me. I read it as: I didn't see the word "Does" [in the state of having been] crossed out.
 

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Or:

I didn't notice that "Does" was crossed out.
 
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