A sentence, very interesting but so hard to catch!

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The sentence goes: Around the globe, we will spend the rest of our lives finding things to say to people we will never meet in person.
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My question is : Why shall we spend the rest of our lives ONLY finding things to say..., we need to work, to study, to learn..., so we can not stay with the computer chatting for the rest of our lives?

Thank you very much in advance!

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

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The original sentence does not include 'only', so it does not mean 'only'-- we will continue to eat, work and sleep as well. You must use your common sense.
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Tom W. · Answer

Mister Micawber.
The original sentence does not include 'only', so it does not mean 'only'-- we will continue to eat, work and sleep as well. You must use your common sense.
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Thank you very much Mister Micawber!

Pls let me try to paraphrase it and see if it makes sense: We, peopel from all over the world, will spend time finding things to say to people we will never meet in person in the rest of our lives.

Ah ha, just like you and me? But does my poor interpretation carries over 95% information of the original ?

Thanks again!

Mister Micawber · Answer

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Yes, 100%, I think-- but 'for the rest of our lives', not 'in'.
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Tom W. · Answer

Thank you so much Mister Micawber!<img src="http://www.EnglishForward.com/emoticons/emotion-21.gif"/>

Adhamdodi · Answer

Sorry, can you come again?!

What do you want to know? For me, it is not ture and doesn't make any sense or ring any bell!!...

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