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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
ambiguous sentence?
- You must be strong to lift that weight.
Q) Can this sentence be interpreted in two different ways if there's no context?
1. You have to be strong in order to lift that weight.
2. It's obvious that you're strong seeing that you lift that weight.
Q) Can this sentence be interpreted in two different ways if there's no context?
1. You have to be strong in order to lift that weight.
2. It's obvious that you're strong seeing that you lift that weight.
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moon7296 Q) Can this sentence be interpreted in two different ways if there's no context? 1. You have to be strong in order to lift that weight.
- moon7296 Q) Can this sentence be interpreted in two different ways if there's no context?
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- You have to be strong in order to lift that weight.
- 2.
- It's obvious that you're strong seeing that you lift that weight.
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moon7296Q) Can this sentence be interpreted in two different ways if there's no context?Yes.
1. You have to be strong in order to lift that weight.
2. It's obvious that you're strong seeing that you lift that weight.
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Your sentences 1. and 2. are correct as interpretations. There is a third interpretation as well; this is similar to 1. but the emphasis is slightly different:
3. You have to fortify yourself internally and call upon every ounce of your strength if you're going to succeed in lifting that (extremely heavy) weight.
3. You have to fortify yourself internally and call upon every ounce of your strength if you're going to succeed in lifting that (extremely heavy) weight.
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