Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Hi teachers,
Do these sentences have the same meaning? I mean, particularly these phrases "and bought some wine" and "for some wine".
a) I was at the supermarket and bought some wine.
b) I was at the supermarket for some wine.
c) I was at the supermarket for a bottle of wine.
Thanks.
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for some wine says the purpose of going to the market was to buy some wine, if a suitable wine could be found, but that does not mean that anybody bought wine. There is nothing strange about saying I was at the supermarket for some wine, but they didn't have any wine today, so I came home empty-handed. But it makes no sense to say I was at the supermarket and bought some some wine, but they didn't have any wine today, so I came home empty-handed.
- for some wine says the purpose of going to the market was to buy some wine, if a suitable wine could be found, but that does not mean that anybody bought wine.
- There is nothing strange about saying I was at the supermarket for some wine, but they didn't have any wine today, so I came home empty-handed.
- But it makes no sense to say I was at the supermarket and bought some some wine, but they didn't have any wine today, so I came home empty-handed.
- So no, the sentences do not have the same meaning.
- b) is similar to c), and both of these are different from a).
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for some wine says the purpose of going to the market was to buy some wine, if a suitable wine could be found, but that does not mean that anybody bought wine. There is nothing strange about saying
I was at the supermarket for some wine, but they didn't have any wine today, so I came home empty-handed.
But it makes no sense to say
I was at the superma
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