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CalifJimEverestCTSJeff: This sentence (written by him) suggests he is a rude person.
(Here the sentence as the subject is suggesting he is a rude person.) ???
We don't normally use the continuous form (is suggesting) when we mean suggests in the sense makes you think.
A sentence can't suggest in the sense make a suggestion because it can't talk.
CJ
Good morning CJ,
Jeff: This sentence suggests he is a rude person. Is this sentence non-agentive meaning this sentence is NOT making a suggestion? Maybe I have a problem understanding this sentence in the active form in the first place. The way I am understanding this sentence is that this sentence is making a suggestion that he…… I think I am wrong understanding it the wrong way. This sentence suggests he is a rude person= he is probably a rude person. Am I right?
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EverestCTS Jeff: This sentence suggests he is a rude person. Is this sentence non-agentive meaning this sentence is NOT making a suggestion? That's how I read it.
- EverestCTS Jeff: This sentence suggests he is a rude person.
- Is this sentence non-agentive meaning this sentence is NOT making a suggestion?
- That's how I read it.
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- EverestCTS This sentence suggests he is a rude person= he is probably a rude person.
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EverestCTSJeff: This sentence suggests he is a rude person. Is this sentence non-agentive meaning this sentence is NOT making a suggestion?
That's how I read it. To make a suggestion you need a person who can talk and say something like "I think you should ...".
EverestCTSThis sentence suggests he is a rude person= he is probabl
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