A new instrument for...
1) ABSW is a new measuring instrument for electrical engineers.
2) ABSW is a very precise measuring instrument for electrical engineers.
Do these mean:
a) ABSW is a new/very precise measuring instrument and is meant for electrical engineers.
or)
b) Electrical engineers find ABSW to be new/very precise, but maybe there are people in other professions (say, particle physicists) for whom ABSW is not new/very precise.
Gratefully,
Navi
Top answer
a) (designed for use by electrical engineers) Some of b) may be empirically true, but that's a matter for investigation, not a matter of what the sentence itself communicates. CJ
- a) (designed for use by electrical engineers) Some of b) may be empirically true, but that's a matter for investigation, not a matter of what the sentence itself communicates.
- CJ
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a) (designed for use by electrical engineers)
Some of b) may be empirically true, but that's a matter for investigation, not a matter of what the sentence itself communicates.
CJ
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