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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
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Nonhuman creatures like ape cannot think even though they are able to speak human lanuage.

Nonhuman creatures like ape cannot have thought even though they are able to speak human lanuage.

Are they OK?

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Hi, Nonhuman creatures like ape cannot think even though they are able to speak human lanuage. Non-human creatures like apes cannot think, even though they are able to speak human language. This is now correct grammar, but I would say the meaning is incorrect, in both parts of the sentence.

— Clive

  • Hi, Nonhuman creatures like ape cannot think even though they are able to speak human lanuage.
  • Non-human creatures like apes cannot think, even though they are able to speak human language.
  • This is now correct grammar, but I would say the meaning is incorrect, in both parts of the sentence.
  • Nonhuman creatures like ape cannot have thought even though they are able to speak human lanuage.
  • Non-human creatures like apes cannot have thought, even though they are able to speak human language.
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Hi,

Nonhuman creatures like ape cannot think even though they are able to speak human lanuage.

Non-human creatures like apes cannot think, even though they are able to speak human language. This is now correct grammar, but I would say the meaning is incorrect, in both parts of the sentence.

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I'd have thought it was the other way round. Higher apes can certainly think but they can't speak human languages.
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Hi,

Nonhuman creatures like ape . . .

On the other hand, can one not disagree with this very first premise? Are we not apes, or descended from apes? Has anyone read the excellent The Third Chimpanzee : The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared Diamond?

Best wishes, Clive
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