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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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How would you interpret this sentence?

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00"Dr Dean offered his condolences to the families of the murdered women, who were not at the hearing."02br
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00I'm curious - this must be incorrect?0-
  

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0 Ugh. It sure SOUNDS like the murdered women were the ones not at the hearing, but logic must tell you it was intended to mean that the 01b 00families02b 00 were not at the hearing. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0 Ugh.
  • It sure SOUNDS like the murdered women were the ones not at the hearing, but logic must tell you it was intended to mean that the 01b 00families02b 00 were not at the hearing.
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0 Ugh. It sure SOUNDS like the murdered women were the ones not at the hearing, but logic must tell you it was intended to mean that the 01b00families02b00 were not at the hearing. 0-
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0 Hi GG02br
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00I agree. That's the trouble with English, one often has to resort to logic and common sense because the language is somewhat inexact. Fortunately speakers of English are willing to do so.02br
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00Cheers02br
00CB0-
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0Hi CB,02br
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00Hmmm, can't let that pass without comment. 05002br
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00In Finnish, does one never have to resort to logic or common sense? 02br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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01cite10Clive12cite10In Finnish, does one never have to resort to logic or common sense? 12br
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10Hi Clive02br
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00I am pleasantly surprised that you should take an interest in my native language. I am not an expert in Finnish but common sense 05300 tells me there must
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