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Navitasan Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Didn't do it for
1) Tom didn't kill the dog for his daughter.
Isn't that sentence ambiguous?
a) Tom did kill the dog, but not for his daughter.
b) Tom refrained from killing the dog for his daughter, (In order not to displease his daughter, Tom didn't kill the dog)
Gratefully,
Navi
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navitasan Isn't that sentence ambiguous? No. It clearly means that he killed the dog for some other reason than for his daughter.
- navitasan Isn't that sentence ambiguous?
- No.
- It clearly means that he killed the dog for some other reason than for his daughter.
- If the sentence is intended to mean the other thing, it is merely poorly written.
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navitasanIsn't that sentence ambiguous?
No. It clearly means that he killed the dog for some other reason than for his daughter. If the sentence is intended to mean the other thing, it is merely poorly written.
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