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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Denies my presence vs denies that I was present

Hi, a warm thanks in advance to whoever answers my question

is there a difference in meaning between

"He denies my presence on that occasion" and " He denies that I was present on that occasion"

Can we say,

"hand made textiles are no less compared to machine made one" ?

Rakhee from India
  

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Hi, These are your sentences: He denies my presence at that occasion. He denies that I was present at that occasion. There's no difference between them in meaning, except that their grammatical structures are a little bit different.

— Regards

  • Hi, These are your sentences: He denies my presence at that occasion.
  • He denies that I was present at that occasion.
  • There's no difference between them in meaning, except that their grammatical structures are a little bit different.
  • This is the revised version of your second sentence: Handmade textiles are no better than machine-made ones.
  • Regards
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Hi,

These are your sentences:

He denies my presence at that occasion.

He denies that I was present at that occasion.

There's no difference between them in meaning, except that their grammatical structures are a

little bit different.

This is the revised version of your second sentence:

Handmade textiles are n
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AnonymousCan we say,
"hand made textiles are no less compared to machine made one" ?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this -- it could mean either

"Hand-made textiles are just as good as machine-made ones"

or

"Hand-made textiles don't cost any less than machine-made ones."

I don't see the "no better th
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"hand made textiles are no less compared to machine made one" ?
"no less" what?
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khoffI don't see the "no better than" interpretation that Regards sees. "No less" is not the same as "no better."
Hi,

It's indeed not the same, but the phrase no less compared to has no meaning.

I believe the OP meant that handmade textiles are not always better in quality as opposed to

machine-made ones.

Regards
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Thanks a lot Regards, Malrey and Khoff [L]

btw the meaning was that the two kinds of textiles are as good as each other

Warm wishes

Rakhee

ps: looking fwd to opening a profile here
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RegardsI believe the OP meant that handmade textiles are not always better in quality as opposed to
machine-made ones.
And I thought it meant that handmade textiles are not always worse than machine-made ones.

I guess we can agree that it was ambiguous.
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