what is the meaning of my sentence?Thx. Ebbinghaus was rare for his day in that he actually conducted experiments to prove his theories.what is the meaning of my sentence?Thx.the whole meaning of thi

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what is the meaning of my sentence?Thx. Ebbinghaus was rare for his day in that he actually conducted experiments to prove his theories.what is the meaning of my sentence?Thx.the whole meaning of this sentence "Ebbinghaus was rare for his day in that he actually conducted experiments to prove his theories"

20 Thg 09 2014 17:12

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In this case, "in that" means "because".

20 tháng 9 năm 2014

A larger context might help, but the sentence implies that most other people (apart from Ebbinghaus) didn't do experiments to prove their theories. So you could assume that a majority of the theories at that time we're untested or not verified.

20 tháng 9 năm 2014