October 2004 was a strange times for the pioneers of what would become social networks
October 2004 was a strange times for the pioneers of what would become social networks 。。how to understand the use of "of" here and it's behind sentence ,i know it modifies the noun "pioneers" , i just can understand easy words in sentence , eg: it's a pen of mine . that means the pen belongs to me .
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This sentence is talking about how 2004 was a strange time for the inventors of social networks. Like Facebook, Myspace, etc..
Basically it is saying these inventors didn't think their websites would become so popular.
To help you understand better, let's take about "what would become"
October 2004 was a strange time for the pioneers of social networks.
This is the main idea of the sentence.
"What would become" added back in is talking about the future of the social network websites.
Let me know if you still need help with this one.
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