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Navitasan Posted 15 years ago
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Is this sentence correct:
1-There was sadness about the gathering.
Can't it mean two things:
a-The gathering was sad. The people at the gathering were sad.
b-There was sadness in regard to the gathering. The fact that there was (or was going to be) such a gathering made some peoplewho probably did not even participate in it sad.
1-There was sadness about the gathering.
Can't it mean two things:
a-The gathering was sad. The people at the gathering were sad.
b-There was sadness in regard to the gathering. The fact that there was (or was going to be) such a gathering made some people
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#1 means that someone was sad because the gathering was held.
- #1 means that someone was sad because the gathering was held.
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#1 means that someone was sad because the gathering was held.
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