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Azz Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Chopped more wood
a. I chopped more wood than him.
Can't this sentence mean two things:
1. I chopped more wood than he did.
2. I chopped more wood than he had.
Maybe he had chopped wood a week before I did. I think even (1) is somewhat ambiguous and could be used in the case where he chopped wood long before me.
Many thanks.
Can't this sentence mean two things:
1. I chopped more wood than he did.
2. I chopped more wood than he had.
Maybe he had chopped wood a week before I did. I think even (1) is somewhat ambiguous and could be used in the case where he chopped wood long before me.
Many thanks.
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It could mean "I chopped more wood than he did" or "I chopped more wood than I chopped him."
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Thank you very much DR.
So it can't mean: I chopped more wood than he had.
The two actions have to be simultaneous (approximately).
Many thanks.
So it can't mean: I chopped more wood than he had.
The two actions have to be simultaneous (approximately).
Many thanks.
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