Begin from a very different position to traditional researchers
what does it mean ''begin from a very different position to traditional researchers'' in this sentence:

Professor Sternberg's group at Yale began from a very different position to traditional researchers into intelligence.
(( it is adapted from an article about practical intelligence which says Professor Sternberg (a psychologist at Yale University) has found a new kind of intelligence called ' Practical Intelligence''!)

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Begin from a very different position to traditional researchers
what does it mean ''begin from a very different position to traditional researchers'' in this sentence:

Professor Sternberg's group at Yale began from a very different position to traditional researchers into intelligence.
(( it is adapted from an article about practical intelligence which says Professor Sternberg (a psychologist at Yale University) has found a new kind of intelligence called ' Practical Intelligence''!)

Thank you

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It means that the professor's group did their research in a different way from other researchers in the same field. So it could mean that they used different methods from other researchers or that most researchers in the field start by making assumptions that are generally accepted to be true and the professor's group did not start with those same assumptions. Exactly what it means hopefully becomes clear in the sentences that follow this.

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Hi Stuart
no Stuart! Sorry it was my mistake! It is 'begin' which is a verb

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I have answered assuming it was meant to be Yale began (since Professor Sternberg is at Yale and if "Began" was part of the name instead, there wouldn't be a verb in the sentence!)

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Hi Morteza.

I'll try to clarify for you, but first can I check the intended meaning of the sentence?

Is Yale Began a place or a name? The capitol B on Began makes it sound so.
or
Should it be began, as in 'to get started with/on something?

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