Sentence Equivalence

[fbmagnumopus]

Hi again,

So for this question:
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How can censored and suppressed be synonyms for this sentence? They are correct.

I on the other hand thought imitated and counterfeited made sense too. Any thoughts?

[tommywallach]

The documentary is made to look like it's never been seen.

To imitate or counterfeit would be to make an illegal copy of something. But the movie isn't made to seem like an illegal copy; it's made to seem like nobody's ever seen it before. The thing that would keep people from seeing it wouldn't be an illegal copy, but it being KEPT from people (i.e. suppressed or censored).

Hope that helps!

-t

[fbmagnumopus]

Thanks Tommy

you know what confuses me - I thought that the documentary had never been seen before and that it even if it had been seen, it wasn't the original but rather the counterfeited version.

And also does the first clause: 'It may be that..' act as some sort of pivot or clue or is it just empty verbiage that doesn't add to the idea in the text?

[tommywallach]

Hey FB,

It's definitely a confusing sentence. I wouldn't say the opener is a pivot, however, because it's saying "maybe," which is exactly in the middle (neither agreeing nor disagreeing with something else). So we don't know if it showed or not. What we DO know is that it's made to look like it has not been shown.

-t

[fbmagnumopus]

Right so there's nothing pointing towards the fact that what was seen was a counterfeit.

Thanks Tommy , makes more sense now : )

[tommywallach]

Exactly. And glad to help!

-t