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Kafher Posted 13 years ago
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Accessing
Concerning these two sentences:
1 "Hackers gained access to the secret database."
2 "Police gained access to his financial records."
For sentence 1, does it mean:
---A) the hackers looked at and/or modified the database, or
---B) the hackers gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at and/or modify the database, without specifying what the hackers did to the database?
For sentence 2, does it mean:
---A) police looked at his financial records, or
---B) police gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at his financial records, without specifying what the police did with the financial records?
1 "Hackers gained access to the secret database."
2 "Police gained access to his financial records."
For sentence 1, does it mean:
---A) the hackers looked at and/or modified the database, or
---B) the hackers gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at and/or modify the database, without specifying what the hackers did to the database?
For sentence 2, does it mean:
---A) police looked at his financial records, or
---B) police gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at his financial records, without specifying what the police did with the financial records?
Top answer
" For sentence 1, does it mean: ---A) the hackers looked at and/or modified the database, or ---B) the hackers gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at and/or modify the database, without specifying what the hackers did to the database? B. But it strongly implies that they actually did access it, because that is what hackers do.
- " For sentence 1, does it mean: ---A) the hackers looked at and/or modified the database, or ---B) the hackers gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at and/or modify the database, without specifying what the hackers did to the database?
- B.
- But it strongly implies that they actually did access it, because that is what hackers do.
- Hackers by definition do not get rights or permission.
- eg For sentence 2, does it mean: ---A) police looked at his financial records, or ---B) police gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at his financial records, without specifying what the police did with the financial records?
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Concerning these two sentences:
1 "Hackers gained access to the secret database."
2 "Police gained access to his financial records."
For sentence 1, does it mean:
---A) the hackers looked at and/or modified the database, or
---B) the hackers gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at and/or modify the database, without specifying what the hackers did to the da
1 "Hackers gained access to the secret database."
2 "Police gained access to his financial records."
For sentence 1, does it mean:
---A) the hackers looked at and/or modified the database, or
---B) the hackers gained the right/permission/opportunity to look at and/or modify the database, without specifying what the hackers did to the da
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