keannu
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1.Does this "they might never have dared" mean a counterfactual result that actually didn't happen? I mean "they actually dared to experiment in ways", but without rivalry, they wouldn't have never dared to experiment", right?
2.Does this "even if" have to be corrected to "even though"? The latter refers to a reality, while the former, a possibility or counter-factuality.
42)For half a century, from Picasso’s arrival in Paris in 1904 to Henri Matisse’s death in 1954, the two artists were not only rivals for the leadership of the international avant-garde but also each other’s greatest critic and fan. They could foster creativity through rivalry. Throughout history, there are many other talented contemporaries―Verdi and Wagner, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Gauguin and Van Gogh―who tested and taught one another, pushing each other to experiment in ways they might never have dared. Even if they were different in many aspects, the competition through rivalry inspired greater innovation.
2.Does this "even if" have to be corrected to "even though"? The latter refers to a reality, while the former, a possibility or counter-factuality.
42)For half a century, from Picasso’s arrival in Paris in 1904 to Henri Matisse’s death in 1954, the two artists were not only rivals for the leadership of the international avant-garde but also each other’s greatest critic and fan. They could foster creativity through rivalry. Throughout history, there are many other talented contemporaries―Verdi and Wagner, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Gauguin and Van Gogh―who tested and taught one another, pushing each other to experiment in ways they might never have dared. Even if they were different in many aspects, the competition through rivalry inspired greater innovation.
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