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Vsuresh Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Faulty comparison
Hi
Please help me with this sentence.
Harry offered Jim more salary than John.
Can this be understood in two ways(John offered Jim more salary and Jim was offered more salary than John)?
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It can mean: Harry offered Jim more salary than Harry offered John. Harry offered Jim more salary than John offered Jim.
- It can mean: Harry offered Jim more salary than Harry offered John.
- Harry offered Jim more salary than John offered Jim.
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It can mean:
Harry offered Jim more salary than Harry offered John.
Harry offered Jim more salary than John offered Jim.
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