keannu
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Does the underlined have to be "for it to pass from.."? Isn't a gerund same as a to-infinitive in meaning and usage?
16.5 Recent researches seem to ① be holding out the hope that an elixir of life might soon be discovered ― a miracle drug first imagined by the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang. He was the emperor ② responsible for starting the building of the Great Wall of China about 2,200 years ago. However, the elixir of life in the form of a gene is, in reality, still a dream; the obstacles to its discovery ③ are very big. A life span gene ― responsible for controlling longevity ― probably doesn't exist, since there is no mechanism for its ④ passing from one generation to another. In fact, rather than passively, by possessing a gene which determines their long life span, it ⑤ appears almost certain that people who reach the age of 100 or more do so actively, by avoiding disease.
16.5 Recent researches seem to ① be holding out the hope that an elixir of life might soon be discovered ― a miracle drug first imagined by the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang. He was the emperor ② responsible for starting the building of the Great Wall of China about 2,200 years ago. However, the elixir of life in the form of a gene is, in reality, still a dream; the obstacles to its discovery ③ are very big. A life span gene ― responsible for controlling longevity ― probably doesn't exist, since there is no mechanism for its ④ passing from one generation to another. In fact, rather than passively, by possessing a gene which determines their long life span, it ⑤ appears almost certain that people who reach the age of 100 or more do so actively, by avoiding disease.
