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Nicetomeetyou Posted 8 years ago
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Any difference?
Is there any difference between these?
a) He cooked himself yesterday.
b) He cooked by himself yesterday.
c) He cooked for himself yesterday.
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nicetomeetyou He cooked himself yesterday. Yes, it probably means that he did his own cooking, but it is ambiguous. It sounds as if he cooked his own body!
- nicetomeetyou He cooked himself yesterday.
- Yes, it probably means that he did his own cooking, but it is ambiguous.
- It sounds as if he cooked his own body!
- nicetomeetyou He cooked by himself yesterday.
- There was nobody else there when he did the cooking.
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nicetomeetyouHe cooked himself yesterday.
Yes, it probably means that he did his own cooking, but it is ambiguous. It sounds as if he cooked his own body!
nicetomeetyouHe cooked by himself yesterday.
There was nobody else there when he did the cooking. We do not know who he cooked for.
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