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Vlivef Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Ambiguous standalone sentence with the adjective 'dull'

Hi,

There is a standalone sentence, "John is a dull person" [*]

My best guess is that, for a native speaker, this (standalone) sentence just means "John is a boring person" [**] ( rather than "Jonh is a stupid person"[***]).

Or maybe [*] is equally ambiguous for native speakers and English learners? :-)

Thank you for your help!

  

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vlivef My best guess is that, for a native speaker, this (standalone) sentence just means "John is a boring person" Yes, boring or uninteresting.

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  • vlivef My best guess is that, for a native speaker, this (standalone) sentence just means "John is a boring person" Yes, boring or uninteresting.
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vlivefMy best guess is that, for a native speaker, this (standalone) sentence just means "John is a boring person"

Yes, boring or uninteresting.

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