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Azz Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Again ambiguity
Is this sentence ambiguous:
1-The problem with your capacity to say anything relevant is that you don't use it.
First meaning: You are capable of saying all the relevant things, but you don't use that capacity.
Second meaning: You are capapble of saying certain relevant things (whatever they may be), but you don't use that capacity.
1-The problem with your capacity to say anything relevant is that you don't use it.
First meaning: You are capable of saying all the relevant things, but you don't use that capacity.
Second meaning: You are capapble of saying certain relevant things (whatever they may be), but you don't use that capacity.
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I don't find the sentence ambiguous. To me it has the second meaning. "
- I don't find the sentence ambiguous.
- To me it has the second meaning.
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I don't find the sentence ambiguous. To me it has the second meaning.
For it to have the first meaning, the sentence would have to read: "The problem with your capacity to say EVERYTHING relevant is that you don't use it."
For it to have the first meaning, the sentence would have to read: "The problem with your capacity to say EVERYTHING relevant is that you don't use it."
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