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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Bad signage at the gym

I was at the gym and read a sign on an exercise machine that stated, "Stop if you feel pain or faint." I laughed at the fact that it is obvious you will stop if you faint. My trainer said I had it wrong, that the feel "carried over" and reads "feel faint" so the signage was correct.
I said then it should say "Stop if you feel pain or feel faint".
Help.
Who is right? Or can it be read both ways?
Or am I wrong as usual ??
Chris
  

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It could be read both ways, but I would probably read it the same way you did. It would be less ambiguous if it said something like "Stop if you experience pain or feel faint".

— Blue Jay

  • It could be read both ways, but I would probably read it the same way you did.
  • It would be less ambiguous if it said something like "Stop if you experience pain or feel faint".
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It could be read both ways, but I would probably read it the same way you did. It would be less ambiguous if it said something like "Stop if you experience pain or feel faint".
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AnonymousMy trainer said I had it wrong, that the feel "carried over" and reads "feel faint" so the signage was correct.
Of course he did. When challenged, we all try to justify our point of view. He feels associated with those who made the sign, so he probably took it as a personal challenge. Whenever we feel that someone is trying to make us wrong, we def
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