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Jesusengland Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

- Her parents were dead. / - Both her parents were dead.

Hello.

What is the difference in meaning?

- Her parents were dead.
- Both her parents were dead.

Thanks.
  

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Jesusengland What is the difference in meaning? There is no difference -- especially to the parents. " The reader is being asked to feel "twice as sorrowful".

— CalifJim

  • Jesusengland What is the difference in meaning?
  • There is no difference -- especially to the parents.
  • " The reader is being asked to feel "twice as sorrowful".
  • CJ
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JesusenglandWhat is the difference in meaning?
There is no difference -- especially to the parents.

We can speculate thus: The use of "both" invites the reader to consider the parents individually, to think of the fact of their being dead as more significant or tragic, as if saying "Not just one of her parents, but both were dead." Th
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