He sings and dances.

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1. He sings and dances.2. He sings at once and dancesI'd like to know whether #1 is similar to #2 in meaning.Thank you in advance for your help.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

No. # 1 is a general statement about his hobbies and talents.
# 2 doesn't make any sense with the use of "at once".

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you No Name for your answer.

Does #2 mean "He sings and dacnes at the same time."?

3. He doesn't sing and dance.
4. He doesn't do such a thing as singing and dancing at the same time.
And, does #3 mean #4?

Does #1 And #3 express simultaneous actions?

CalifJim · Answer

park sang joon1. He sings and dances.

a) He sings, and he dances. (regularly, on various occasions)
b) He knows how to sing, and he knows how to dance.

park sang joon2. He sings at once and dances.

Unusual, but
c) He begins to sing immediately (without delay), and then he dances. ('at once' = 'immediately')

Not a useful sentence.

park sang joonI'd like to know whether #1 is similar to #2 in meaning.

No. 1. is useful; 2. is not useful and the meaning, even if you do use it, is different from 1.

CJ

GPY · Answer

park sang joonDoes #2 mean "He sings and dacnes at the same time."?

No. "at once" can sometimes mean simultaneously, but not in your sentence. Instead, "at once" seems to mean "straight away" (immediately after some other event mentioned), but the effect is unusual.

park sang joon3. He doesn't sing and dance.4. He doesn't do such a thing as singing and dancing at the same time.And, does #3 mean #4?

In #3, "sing and dance" would probably be understood to mean "sing and dance as part of the same performance". "at the same time" in #4 seems slightly more precise and specific. He might sing and dance in the same performance but not literally at the same time. #4 is also generally a more elaborate sentence, of course.

CalifJim · Answer

park sang joonDoes #2 mean "He sings and dances at the same time."?

No. For that you need He sings and dances at the same time.

park sang joon3. He doesn't sing and dance.

a) He doesn't know how to sing and dance (at the same time).
b) He refuses to sing and dance (at the same time).
c) He doesn't care to sing and dance (at the same time).

The opposite of #1 is He doesn't sing or dance.
a) He doesn't know how to sing and he doesn't know how to dance.
b) He refuses to sing, and he refuses to dance.
c) He doesn't care to sing, and he doesn't care to dance.

park sang joon~~Does~~ Do #1 And #3 express simultaneous actions?

Not necessarily in #1. Very likely in #3.

park sang joon4. He doesn't do such a thing as singing and dancing at the same time.And, does #3 mean #4?

Yes, though of course we would not express it in such a complicated way as you wrote it in #4.

CJ

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