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Mubrik88 Posted 18 years ago
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Look at this sentence please :
I was just about to go out when the telephone rang
Can we understand from this sentence that he didn't go out ?
I was just about to go out when the telephone rang
Can we understand from this sentence that he didn't go out ?
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You cannot tell. The following could make sense: I thought about stopping to answer it, but decided to let it ring so I wouldn't be late. The following is also logical: Good thing I stopped to answer it; I learned the location of the meeting had been changed.
- You cannot tell.
- The following could make sense: I thought about stopping to answer it, but decided to let it ring so I wouldn't be late.
- The following is also logical: Good thing I stopped to answer it; I learned the location of the meeting had been changed.
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You cannot tell.
The following could make sense: I thought about stopping to answer it, but decided to let it ring so I wouldn't be late.
The following is also logical: Good thing I stopped to answer it; I learned the location of the meeting had been changed.
The following could make sense: I thought about stopping to answer it, but decided to let it ring so I wouldn't be late.
The following is also logical: Good thing I stopped to answer it; I learned the location of the meeting had been changed.
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