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Jack112 Posted 19 years ago
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01. We believe there might be a stolen bike 01b00from 02b00Dennis. (What does the 'from' here mean? I don't quite understand the meaning of the sentence when the name 'Dennis' is used.)02br
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002. We belive there might be a stolen bike 01b00from 02b00the 01b00park02b00. (I understand this sentence when the place 'park' is used.)02br
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02br 02br 00But the sentence is not at all natural. It sounds like 1) You have learned some information about a bike that will be stolen in the future, and 2) Dennis has a lot of bikes, and that bike will be stolen from him. 0-

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  • 02br 02br 00But the sentence is not at all natural.
  • It sounds like 1) You have learned some information about a bike that will be stolen in the future, and 2) Dennis has a lot of bikes, and that bike will be stolen from him.
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0Hi Jack,02br
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00The simple answer to your question is that Jack is the person who owned the bike, and the bike was stolen from him.02br
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00But the sentence is not at all natural. It sounds like 1) You have learned some information about a bike that will be stolen in the future, and 2) Dennis has a lot of bikes, and that bike will be stolen from hi
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00We believe there might be a stolen bike 11b10from 12b10Dennis.12blockquote
10 If this is a sentence you got from a story or news article, please tell us so and give more context. Don't make us imagine the context in which it might make sense. Who are "we". Who is "Dennis"?02br
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00I heard it from that video. I hope it helps, sorry for the confusion. I understand the sentence a lot more better now. Thanks.0230hrefhttp://www.littermag.com/videos/bikethief.html
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