A thing that is unsatisfactory
"Why did he do such a thing that is unsatisfactory?"
I don't get the meaning of the relative clause clearly.
Though he considered a thing that he would do as unsatisfactory, he did?
He tried to do sth. That's consequently unsatisfactory?
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The sentence is quite unnatural, but I think I understand your question. Ignoring the infelicity of the sentence: anonymous Though he considered a thing that he would do as unsatisfactory, he did? Not exactly.
- The sentence is quite unnatural, but I think I understand your question.
- Ignoring the infelicity of the sentence: anonymous Though he considered a thing that he would do as unsatisfactory, he did?
- Not exactly.
- The thing was unsatisfactory, but we cannot know whether he knew that.
- All we know is that the speaker considers it so.
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The sentence is quite unnatural, but I think I understand your question. Ignoring the infelicity of the sentence:
anonymousThough he considered a thing that he would do as unsatisfactory, he did?
Not exactly. The thing was unsatisfactory, but we cannot know whether he knew that. All we know is that the speaker considers it so. "That" is a subordinatin
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