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Acting Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Defective Passage
Could this passage be defective?
http://books.google.com/books?id=UDNpSrnhuQ8C&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=%22person+shared+the+house%22&source=bl&ots=c8zEsR4c0P&sig=rn7z3LHE9rTo7EgGj3_trgQfEMM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iak2UbTDBIPlyQGq9YDwBg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22person%20shared%20the%20house%22&f=false:
KENT SAW Helen at each evening meal, but otherwise only the spotless kitchen remained as a clue that another person shared the house.
Could the highlighted part be missing "with him" at the end?
In a different example, if I write:
"Jane shared Kate's house"
instead of "Jane shared Kate's house with Kate", then is it still crystal-clear that Kate (owner) also lives in the house?
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KENT SAW Helen at each evening meal, but otherwise only the spotless kitchen remained as a clue that another person shared the house.
Could the highlighted part be missing "with him" at the end?
In a different example, if I write:
"Jane shared Kate's house"
instead of "Jane shared Kate's house with Kate", then is it still crystal-clear that Kate (owner) also lives in the house?
Top answer
Could this passage be defective? id=UDNpSrnhuQ8C&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=%22person+shared+the+house%22&source=bl&ots=c8zEsR4c0P&sig=rn7z3LHE9rTo7EgGj3_trgQfEMM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iak2UbTDBIPlyQGq9YDwBg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22person%20shared%20the%20house%22&f=false : KENT SAW Helen at each evening meal, but otherwise only the spotless kitchen remained as a clue that another person shared the house . Could the highlighted part be missing "with him" at the end?
- Could this passage be defective?
- id=UDNpSrnhuQ8C&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=%22person+shared+the+house%22&source=bl&ots=c8zEsR4c0P&sig=rn7z3LHE9rTo7EgGj3_trgQfEMM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iak2UbTDBIPlyQGq9YDwBg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22person%20shared%20the%20house%22&f=false : KENT SAW Helen at each evening meal, but otherwise only the spotless kitchen remained as a clue that another person shared the house .
- Could the highlighted part be missing "with him" at the end?
- I t's not required.
- It's implicit, and easy to understand.
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After some careful thinking, there might be another possible interpretation of "Jane shared Kate's house": that Kate did not live in that house and Jane shared that house with another unspecified third person.
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So, dropping the word "with" from the end of:
"Jeff is looking for a roommate to share the apartment WITH."
would not make a difference?
"Jeff is looking for a roommate to share the apartment WITH."
would not make a difference?
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