If Freedom makes a voyage to Trinidad in week 5, which one of the following could be true?
Annalieseon August 11, 2014
Confused by wording of rule four
Hi there,
I was slightly confused by the wording of rule 4. I thought that G preceding J meant that G has to come before J but not directly before J. I assumed that for G to come directly before J the rule would have to state that G immediately precedes J, but I may be mistaken. Does " X precedes Y" always imply that X comes immediately before Y?
Thank you!
Annaliese
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Melodyon August 13, 2014
Rule #4 states: "Guadeloupe will be its destination in the week preceding any voyage it makes to Jamaica."
So, G is the destination in "the week before" a destination to J.
Make sure to note the usage of the article "the." If the rule were to have said: G will be its destination in A week preceding any voyage it makes to J, then it'd be true that G is just somewhere before J. However, the article "the" is being used specifically. Meaning that G will be in THE week before J, i.e. the week immediately preceding J.
So, this is not the exact same as "X precedes Y."
"X precedes Y" is diagrammed X > Y, because all we know is that "X" is somewhere before "Y."
However, "X precedes the week before Y" does mean that X comes immediately before Y. It is diagrammed "XY" (with a box around the "XY.")
Hope that clears things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions.
