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Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
'Fight wtih'
"I fought with my friends last night."
Does the sentence have two meanings?
1) My friends are against me.
2) My friends are on my side and cooperated with me for a fight with some other things?
So my question is that in the phrase 'fight with someone', 'someone' could be against me or on my side, right?
Because of my mother tongue, I am confused with usage of this phrase. What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
Does the sentence have two meanings?
1) My friends are against me.
2) My friends are on my side and cooperated with me for a fight with some other things?
So my question is that in the phrase 'fight with someone', 'someone' could be against me or on my side, right?
Because of my mother tongue, I am confused with usage of this phrase. What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
Top answer
You and your friends had a big argument. An argument requires at least two sides, so some might have been with you (on your side) and some might have been against you (on the opposite side). But the way that the sentence is written, you were the lone person on the opposite side of your friends.
- You and your friends had a big argument.
- An argument requires at least two sides, so some might have been with you (on your side) and some might have been against you (on the opposite side).
- But the way that the sentence is written, you were the lone person on the opposite side of your friends.
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You and your friends had a big argument. An argument requires at least two sides, so some might have been with you (on your side) and some might have been against you (on the opposite side).
But the way that the sentence is written, you were the lone person on the opposite side of your friends.
But the way that the sentence is written, you were the lone person on the opposite side of your friends.
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Thank you so much and then how about 'I fought with my friends against the monster'? Here, my friends were with me and on my side, right?
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Hans51Thank you so much and then how about 'I fought with my friends against the monster'? Here, my friends were with me and on my side, right?Yes, the "against" phrase makes it clear that you all were together against the monster.
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