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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

I asked him...

I asked him what this development meant.

I asked him what that development meant.

Is there any difference in meaning between the sentences above? Does the determiner "this" suggest that the development in question is still in progress whereas "that" otherwise?

  

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this suggests that the development is physically close, or close in that it has just been mentioned. that suggests it is not in some sense close.

— Clive

  • this suggests that the development is physically close, or close in that it has just been mentioned.
  • that suggests it is not in some sense close.
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this suggests that the development is physically close, or close in that it has just been mentioned.

that suggests it is not in some sense close.

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