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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Hands up
"With police in riot gear patrolling downtown streets, protesters shouted "hands up, don't shoot," banged against a police van and broke a window of the City Smoke barbecue restaurant and bar." (USA Today.)
Should I read "hands up, don't shoot", in the above, as "when somebody with their hands up is stopped by the police, then the police must not shoot at them"?
Should I read "hands up, don't shoot", in the above, as "when somebody with their hands up is stopped by the police, then the police must not shoot at them"?
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Anonymous Should I read "hands up, don't shoot", in the above, as "when somebody with their hands up is stopped by the police, then the police must not shoot at them"? That is the context, yes, but not the direct paraphrase of the utterance, which is closer to this: I have my hands up, so don't shoot.
- Anonymous Should I read "hands up, don't shoot", in the above, as "when somebody with their hands up is stopped by the police, then the police must not shoot at them"?
- That is the context, yes, but not the direct paraphrase of the utterance, which is closer to this: I have my hands up, so don't shoot.
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AnonymousShould I read "hands up, don't shoot", in the above, as "when somebody with their hands up is stopped by the police, then the police must not shoot at them"?That is the context, yes, but not the direct paraphrase of the utterance, which is closer to this:
I have my hands up, so don't shoot.
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I hope you realize that the protesters shouted "hands up, don't shoot" ironically.
Police officers are very aware of this rule.
Police officers are very aware of this rule.
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