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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Five dollars to them

1) I gave the five boys five dollars.
2) I gave five dollars to the five boys.
Did I give five dollars to each or did I give a total of five dollars to them?

3) He dated four girls five times.
4) He had five dates with five girls.
Did he date them each five times or did he had five dates in all?

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

Such sentences lack clarity. The reader is left guessing the intended meaning.

  • Such sentences lack clarity.
  • The reader is left guessing the intended meaning.
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Such sentences lack clarity. The reader is left guessing the intended meaning.

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