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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

A weird sentence

0Dear teachers,02br
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00This following sentence sounds weird to me.02br
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01font00I can't find the Simpson will anywhere. I give up.02font02br
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00Why I think it's weird is that I can't find a verb between 01font00will02font00 and 01font00anywhere02font00. Has it been omitted? What does the original sentence look like? Please advise.02br
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0" will " is an offiical document in this sentence. 0-

  • 0" will " is an offiical document in this sentence.
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0" will " is an offiical document in this sentence. 0-
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0Can you explain your comment? 02br
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00" will " is an 01font00offiical document02font00 in this sentence. 02br
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00This is indeed a strange sentence! It will make a ilttle sense without the "will". The way it's written, it's not right.0-
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0 It means 01i00I can't find the will 02i00(the document that tells what Mr. Simpson wants done with his money and other belongings when he dies) 01i00belonging to Mr. Simpson,02i00( i.e., the will that Mr. Simpson wrote)01i00.02i02br
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00 "will" is a noun, not a verb here.02br
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0Oh! that "will". How about Simpson01font00's 02font00will?02br
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00By the way, why do native speakers refer "official documents" to their wills? Kind of fun to me.02br
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0Hello 02br
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00I think "Mr. Simpson's" will better than "the Simpson's will" because it is not common to define a noun with two determiners ("the" and "Simpson's"). 02br
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00In the United States (and in Japan also) "a will" commonly should be a scripted document made in a way according to strict legal rules. If you are interested, take a look at [u
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1font00Ok, I see.02font02br
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00Even without " 01font00's 02font00", does the original sentence " 01font00I can't find the Simpson will anywhere." still sound good to you? Please advise. Thanks.02font02br
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01cite10Lcchang12cite11font10Ok, I see.12font12br
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10Even without " 11font10's 12font10", does the original sentence " 11font10I can't find the Simpson will anywhere." still sound good to you? Please adv
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0Hi,02br
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00There is a subtle difference here.02br
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01font00the Simpson will02font00 The adjectival approach suggests the speaker is focused on the will, and is not thinking of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson as people. He doesn't seem to care about them. It's the kind of thing a lawyer would say, who handles a lot of
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0So do I. 02br
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00Thanks a lot.02br
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