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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Are both of these sentences natural?
1) Ted showed Todd a picture of his family.
2) Ted showed a picture of his family to Todd.
- Are both of these sentences natural?
- Does the second sentence make it more clear that Ted showed a picture of his own family?
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anonymous - Are both of these sentences natural? Yes. anonymous - Does the second sentence make it more clear that Ted showed a picture of his own family?
- anonymous - Are both of these sentences natural?
- Yes.
- anonymous - Does the second sentence make it more clear that Ted showed a picture of his own family?
- Not really.
- The ambiguity that you're noticing there is present in both sentences.
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anonymous- Are both of these sentences natural?
Yes.
anonymous- Does the second sentence make it more clear that Ted showed a picture of his own family?
Not really. The ambiguity that you're noticing there is present in both sentences.
CJ
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