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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Coast guard = rescuers and divers

Coast Guard are carrying out a major search operation with around 80 rescuers and divers looking for those still unaccounted for.

All of a sudden, I was wondering if around 80 rescuers and divers are part of the Coast Guard and they are all participating in the major search operation? Or Coast Guard and around 80 rescuers and divers are different members so there should be more members than around 80 rescuers and divers in the situation?

I think that around 80 rescuers and divers are members of Coast Guard and they are carrying out a major operation but I am confused that in "I am helping them with my friend", with my friend means there is more than "I".

What do you experts think? Thank you so much as usual.

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India[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coast_guard&action=edit§ion=19]

Main article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Coast_Guard


Indian Coast Guard Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel

In the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Coast_Guard is armed forces of union, under ministry of defence and, in contrast with some coast guard units, resembles a naval coastal defence force. It has responsibility for search and rescue, enforcement of maritime law- smuggling, immigration and shipping regulations- and protecting the country's maritime and offshore resourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_guard#cite_note-13
  

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Hans51 I think that around 80 rescuers and divers are members of Coast Guard and they are carrying out a major operation That is how I understand it. By the way, the phrasing is like this: The Coast Guard are carrying out a major search operation / with around 80 rescuers and divers looking for those still unaccounted for. Not like this: The Coast Guard are carrying out a major search operation with around 80 rescuers and divers / looking for those still unaccounted for.

— GPY

  • Hans51 I think that around 80 rescuers and divers are members of Coast Guard and they are carrying out a major operation That is how I understand it.
  • By the way, the phrasing is like this: The Coast Guard are carrying out a major search operation / with around 80 rescuers and divers looking for those still unaccounted for.
  • Not like this: The Coast Guard are carrying out a major search operation with around 80 rescuers and divers / looking for those still unaccounted for.
  • I would say "The Coast Guard".
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Hans51I think that around 80 rescuers and divers are members of Coast Guard and they are carrying out a major operation
That is how I understand it.

By the way, the phrasing is like this:

The Coast Guard are carrying out a major search operation / with around 80 rescuers and divers looking for those still unaccounted for.

Not
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Hans51In the Republic of India , the Indian Coast Guard is armed forces of union, under ministry of defence and, in contrast with some coast guard units,
This part was not written well. Its meaning is unclear and open to interpretation.
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Thank you so much and your answer is really clear but for some reason, maybe I am too stupid to understand your point, so I am still confused now
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Hans51Coast Guard are carrying out a major search operation with around 80 rescuers and divers looking for those still unaccounted for.
This has not been written clearly. It could mean that those 80 are coast guard personnel, or, it could mean that the coast guard are conducting the operation as well as, 80 other people.

Another point worth con
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Hans51GPY I think that around 80 rescuers and divers are members of Coast Guard and they are carrying out a major operation So here in the sentence, they are around 80 rescuers and divers, in other words, around 80 rescuers and divers are carrying out major operation, right?
The sentence that you quote as if it was mine is actually a sentence that you wrote, b
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Thank you so much! Your answer is always great! And while I am reading your answer, another question came out.
GPYI interpreted as meaning what you say, with "they" referring to the around 80 rescuers and divers.
I think that the verb interpret needs an object but there is no object there so I was wondering if objects can be often omitted when we know it
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Hans51I think that the verb interpret needs an object but there is no object there so I was wondering if objects can be often omitted when we know it each other?
Sorry, it was just my typing error. I meant "I interpreted it as meaning ..."
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Hans51, with "they" referring to the around 80 rescuers and divers.
Thank you so much and if you do not mind, could you let me know how it was used?

I have learned this.

Do not talk with your mouth full.
-> Do not talk while your mouth is full. (with -> while)

And if there is a comma in front of 'with',
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Hans51All of a sudden, I was wondering if around 80 rescuers and divers are part of the Coast Guard and they are all participating in the major search operation? Or Coast Guard and around 80 rescuers and divers are different members so there should be more members than around 80 rescuers and divers in the situation?
I don't think it is possible to know the ans
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Hans51Do you agree with this and did you also mean ', and they are referring...' in ', with "they" referring to the around 80 rescuers and divers.'? Or did you mean other conjunctions like while, when, etc?
In the sentence in question, "with" is a way of connecting two things, or saying that two things exist or are true at the same time. It is a bit stronger (
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