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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Ambiguous meaning,
Hi folks,
My daughter came at home , yesterday, with this sentence in her notebook:
Cinderella is not a real story is a ..........
She had to fill in the missing word with : fable
now: fable.... as far as I know.. has two meanings as a noun:
fable (n.) - a story from imagination
- a moral story ( see: The Turtle and the Hare etc)
My question is: Isn't confusing?
If she chooses the first meaning it will make sense.
but if she chooses the second meaning it won't make sense 'cause Cinderella has nothing moral in.
Thank you,
Waiting for an answer,
M.J.
My daughter came at home , yesterday, with this sentence in her notebook:
Cinderella is not a real story is a ..........
She had to fill in the missing word with : fable
now: fable.... as far as I know.. has two meanings as a noun:
fable (n.) - a story from imagination
- a moral story ( see: The Turtle and the Hare etc)
My question is: Isn't confusing?
If she chooses the first meaning it will make sense.
but if she chooses the second meaning it won't make sense 'cause Cinderella has nothing moral in.
Thank you,
Waiting for an answer,
M.J.
Top answer
Anonymous My question is: Isn't confusing? but if she chooses the second meaning it won't make sense 'cause Cinderella has nothing moral in. Fables needn't contain morals, but they often do, and the students is expected to choose the appropriate meaning anyway.
- Anonymous My question is: Isn't confusing?
- but if she chooses the second meaning it won't make sense 'cause Cinderella has nothing moral in.
- Fables needn't contain morals, but they often do, and the students is expected to choose the appropriate meaning anyway.
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AnonymousMy question is: Isn't confusing? If she chooses the first meaning it will make sense.but if she chooses the second meaning it won't make sense 'cause Cinderella has nothing moral in.Fables needn't contain morals, but they often do, and the students is expected to choose the appropriate meaning anyway. (The moral of 'Cinderella' is that selflessness l
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Thank you! The objective of the sentence was the correct use of the word "fable" and not finding the "moral of Cinderella". Or, at least, Cinderella's moral can't be thought at school. Nobody wants to teach about " being selflessness" .
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Anonymous Nobody wants to teach about " being selfless" .That's too bad. You must live in a cruel part of the world, then.
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