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Pructus Posted 9 years ago
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Can hardly be PP + with any hope of
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a. It can hardly be arrested at its own aids with any hope of understanding either the aids or its purpose.
b. It can hardly be arrested at its own aids and hope to understand either the aids or its purpose.
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Without any further context, soley by natives’ sense of English, can the two sentences or one of the sentences be understood to mean “If it is arrested at its own aids, then there is no hope to understand either the aids or its purpose”?
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Neither sentence makes any sense to me -- in particular, "arrested at its own aids".
- Neither sentence makes any sense to me -- in particular, "arrested at its own aids".
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Neither sentence makes any sense to me -- in particular, "arrested at its own aids".
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