2014-12-11 Structure: lateral thinking puzzles

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 82 - #4: what happened to Roy Sullivan?
	  p. 77-79, exercises 3 and 5
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exercise 3
2 could have caused
3 must be (present - today's Pueblo peoples)
4 might have brought
5 could...have disappeared
6 could...have existed
7 had to have existed (= must have existed)
8 must have become
9 Could there really be
10 might be (present-day Basques = present tense)
11 may have influenced
12 might still walk
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He believed his Basque neighbors had to be Atlanteans.
(existed at the same time as believed)
He believed Atlantis had to have existed 9000 years earlier.
(existed before believed)

If you pass tomorrow, he will believe you must have studied.
(study before believe)
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exercise 5
- she must have eaten something
- she must have been stung or bitten
(there are two options given, so maybe may/might/could)
- receptors might carry a message
- the sensors might report it as itchiness
- the function of itching may be to warn the body
(itching may warn the body, the function may be to warn it)
- early humans might have developed itching
- it may be less tolerable than pain
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Maybe itching is less tolerable than pain.
-> Itching may be less tolerable than pain.

Maybe she ate something she was allergic to.
-> She may have eaten something she was allergic to.

It's impossible that Atlantis existed.
-> Atlantis couldn't have existed.

It's impossible that Basques are Atlanteans.
-> Basques couldn't be Atlanteans.
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maybe/perhaps/possibly
-> may/might/could

maybe not / perhaps not / possibly not
-> may not / might not

probably/most likely/I think/I'm pretty sure (+not)
-> must (+not)

impossible
-> couldn't
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Homework: p. 84