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Gary lee Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Help Me pls

Hi Friend,

Can someone explain the difference..I might be stupid but pls help me..

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whats the different :

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1)he dosen't know it is a trap, so he went through it

2)he dosen't know it is a not trap, so he went through it


Thanks,
Gary
  

Top answer

Well, they are simply opposite premises, but the second one makes no semantic sense, since I would have thought that he wouldn't have gone through it if he had thought it was a trap.

— Mister Micawber

  • Well, they are simply opposite premises, but the second one makes no semantic sense, since I would have thought that he wouldn't have gone through it if he had thought it was a trap.
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Well, they are simply opposite premises, but the second one makes no semantic sense, since I would have thought that he wouldn't have gone through it if he had thought it was a trap.
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It is very curious. Did you mean 'he doesn't know it is not a trap', Gary? (Or is
'a not trap' some kind of technical term, like 'a not gate'? he hazarded wildly...)

MrP

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