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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

Could you tell me whether the following sentence sounds fine or not?
Thank you.

A gift is not presumed on the assumption that it has been made.
  

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I have no idea what you are trying to say. Try again, if you wish to. Clive

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I have no idea what you are trying to say.
Try again, if you wish to.

Clive
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How about this?

A gift/donation is not presumed on the assumption that he or she intended to give considering his or her usual actions and words.
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Sorry, I still don't understand.

How would you say it to a child?

Clive
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lucas21cA gift/donation is not presumed on the assumption that he or she intended to give considering his or her usual actions and words.
lucas21c,
I think you tried to sound sophisticated but you made it more muddy. When Clive asked to try again. He
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I can't, because the original sentence is an explanation about a legal term.
The original sentence means you cannot guess a giver's intention rashly without a sound basis such as documetary evidence, recorded voice and so on.
So, if there is no evidence, we cannot guess the give was made by the giver's will.
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Hi, dimsumexpress.
I couldn't read your comments because I was writing my reply to Clive's comment.
So, please understand my comments not following your advice exactly.
Thank you.
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I can't, because the original sentence is an explanation about a legal term.
The original sentence means you cannot guess a giver's intention rashly without a sound basis such as documetary evidence, recorded voice and so on.
So, if there is no evidence, we cannot guess the give was made by the giver's will.

Is this perhaps what you mean?

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