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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Disambiguation with preposition around
We spent the five nights around new years eve at Koh Samui.
Can we interpret this to mean either we spend five nights at Koh Samui at new years OR we spent 2 nights at Koh Samui, then we went somewhere else before going back to Koh Samui for two last nights.
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Can we interpret this to mean either we spend five nights at Koh Samui at new years OR we spent 2 nights at Koh Samui, then we went somewhere else before going back to Koh Samui for two last nights.
Ta
Top answer
'The' includes all the nights, so they did not sleep elsewhere.
- 'The' includes all the nights, so they did not sleep elsewhere.
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'The' includes all the nights, so they did not sleep elsewhere.
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Mister Micawber'The' includes all the nights, so they did not sleep elsewhere.So if we remove 'the' the meaning is unclear?
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