QUES: It has a plus or minus 4.9 percent margin of error .

It had a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

QUES: " At that time I didn 't agree , because the people who will be the victims are schoolchildren and security , " he says .

In a generous gesture of uncharacteristic compassion , Samudra claims : " At that time I didn 't agree because the people who will be the victims are schoolchildren " .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: Mohcine Douali , who lives in the centre of Algiers , said : " It was a great shock .

" It was a great shock , " said Mohcine Douali , who lives in central Algiers .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS:
yes