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Griffey Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

a thoughtful time?

I came across this sentence, "The company provided Amy with a thoughtful time."

Does this mean, "the company gave me some time to think" or "the company gave me some time, and it's thoughtful." Which do you think is right?

And whether to use 'a' in front of 'thoughtful time' matters? Can it possibly change the meaning? Please, help me.
  

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" The intended meaning of this is not clear to me.

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Griffey"The company provided Amy with a thoughtful time."
The intended meaning of this is not clear to me.
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Do you mean, it can be interpreted either way?
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GriffeyDo you mean, it can be interpreted either way?
No. I mean that the meaning is not clear. I do not see how it can be interpreted.
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OK.
Then how about this? It can solve the problem of 'not enough context'.

"By providing Amy with a thoughtful time, the company won significant loyalty and trust over the long time."

Do you think the sentence above is a nonsense or comprehensible enough?

One of my students wrote that sentence in his essay and asked me to judge it a correct sentence.

But I'm
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Griffey, the words do not have a clear meaning. You'll have to ask the student what s/he meant by the words, and then explain how to express them naturally.
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