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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
confusion?
If I say the next sentence, could it mean that my father is a tacher and is from Italy, or that he teaches Italian?:
"my father is an Italian teacher"
thanks a lot, bye.
"my father is an Italian teacher"
thanks a lot, bye.
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Logic tells you he teaches Italian because a person's nationality is not very important when describing his job. " However, in the strictest sense, it could be either.
- Logic tells you he teaches Italian because a person's nationality is not very important when describing his job.
- " However, in the strictest sense, it could be either.
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Logic tells you he teaches Italian because a person's nationality is not very important when describing his job. You wouldn't say "My grandmother is a Hungarian seamstress or my grandfather was a Polish tailor."
However, in the strictest sense, it could be either.
However, in the strictest sense, it could be either.
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