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Don’t look so embarrassed. You’re talking to a scientist. Publish or perish. At CERN we call it ‘Substantiate or suffocate.’ ” “It wasn’t only wanting to be the first. I was also concerned that if the wrong people found out about the information in Diagramma, it might disappear.” “The wrong people being the Vatican?”
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” This speaker has added a participle clause to the sentence said by the previous speaker to ask for a clarification of the words "wrong people". The wrong people being the Vatican? says And by "wrong people" you mean the people in the Vatican?
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Hasibul Alam“The wrong people being the Vatican?”
This speaker has added a participle clause to the sentence said by the previous speaker to ask for a clarification of the words "wrong people".
The wrong people being the Vatican? says And by "wrong people" you mean the people in the Vatican?
being is a form of be, jus
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