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Filha Da Pika Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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Hi,

I found this sentence and don't understand it clearly.

Please desist from bothering the people eating at the next table.

Does it mean "Please stop making the people eating the next table feel unpleasant"

or "Please stop caring about the people..."?

Thank you in advance,
  

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<< Does it mean "Please stop making the people eating the next table feel unpleasant" Yes, except they're not eating the table ; they're eating at the table! "? No.

— CalifJim

  • << Does it mean "Please stop making the people eating the next table feel unpleasant" Yes, except they're not eating the table ; they're eating at the table!
  • "?
  • No.
  • >> CJ
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Does it mean "Please stop making the people eating the next table feel unpleasant" Yes, except they're not eating the table; they're eating at the table! <>or "Please stop caring about the people..."? No.
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CJ
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For the 'care about' or perhaps more closely 'worry about' meaning you would have needed 'stop bothering about'
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