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In the sentence “This behavior, doctors warn, could damage your ears or even burst a brain aneurysm” (l. 3 and 4), the pronoun “your” could be substituted by one’s with no relevant change in meaning.
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The man was unable to eat normally while he was in hospital.
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The man was treated with antibiotics because he caught an infection.
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At the time the article was written, the man was still ill.
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Deadly brain aneurysms caused by holding back sneezes are extremely rare.
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The phrase “should be” (l.19) can be replaced with might be without changing the meaning of the sentence.
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There are two modal verbs in the last sentence of the text.
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There was less than half a ton of mail in the postman’s garage.
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The postman was arrested and received a one-year prison sentence.
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In the last sentence of the text, “postie” (l.12) is an informal way to refer to the postman.