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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 3:08 am Post subject: entail |
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| Some decades ago an Italian army officer was taken on a stretcher to the shrine of Lourdes. He was suffering from bone cancer in its most advanced metastasized stage. One hip joint was so ravaged that it had all but dissolve, and his leg was kept attached only by a splint. The officer had no desperate expectations of a cure, but he took the holy waters, along with thousands of other pilgrims who flock to this site. Over the next few months a carful X-ray record was kept as his cancer was miraculously healed. This did not just entail the malignancy disappearing: His entire hip joint regrew. Medical science has no explanation for such a thing, and the Italian military officer became one of the authenticated healings attributed to the Virgin Mary at Lourdes. (I believe around seventy of these have been verified since such claims have been examined by a panel of doctors adhering to the strictest standards of proof.) |
1. Since 'entail' means 'cause', I can paraphrase 'This did not just entail the malignancy disappearing' as 'This did not just cause the malignancy to disappear'. If so, that means ' the cancer malignancy existed still'. That makes no sense to me.
I think 'This entailed the malignancy disappearing' is right instead of 'This did not just entail the malignancy disappearing'
Could you tell me if my opinion is right? If not, please tell me why.
2.What does 'around seventy of these' mean?
---- * 'around seventy of these authenticated healings'?
or
*'something else'?
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askeladd
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Location: Chicago area, USA
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:53 am Post subject: Re: entail |
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| Some decades ago an Italian army officer was taken on a stretcher to the shrine of Lourdes. He was suffering from bone cancer in its most advanced metastasized stage. One hip joint was so ravaged that it had all but dissolve, and his leg was kept attached only by a splint. The officer had no desperate expectations of a cure, but he took the holy waters, along with thousands of other pilgrims who flock to this site. Over the next few months a carful X-ray record was kept as his cancer was miraculously healed. This did not just entail the malignancy disappearing: His entire hip joint regrew. Medical science has no explanation for such a thing, and the Italian military officer became one of the authenticated healings attributed to the Virgin Mary at Lourdes. (I believe around seventy of these have been verified since such claims have been examined by a panel of doctors adhering to the strictest standards of proof.) |
1. Since 'entail' means 'cause', I can paraphrase 'This did not just entail the malignancy disappearing' as 'This did not just cause the malignancy to disappear'. If so, that means ' the cancer malignancy existed still'. That makes no sense to me.
I think 'This entailed the malignancy disappearing' is right instead of 'This did not just entail the malignancy disappearing'
Could you tell me if my opinion is right? If not, please tell me why. |
Sometimes entail might mean "cause," but not exactly in this case. I would think of it as "involve," rather:
This did not just involve the malignancy disappearing...
In other words, the miracle was not only that the cancer was gone (which a doctor can do), but the hip was made like new again (doctor can't do that, can't regrow a hip joint that had degenerated to the degree described).
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2.What does 'around seventy of these' mean?
---- * 'around seventy of these authenticated healings'?
or
*'something else'?
Thanks |
around seventy: approximately seventy
Hope this helps 
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