I don't get Channel 9

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I don't get Channel 9.I'd like to know why the subject is "I", not either "My TV" or "This area."Thank you in advance for your help.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

park sang joonI'd like to know why the subject is "I", not either "My TV" or "This area."

Because "My TV" and "This area" are nowhere to be seen in that sentence.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your message.

Then I'd like to know if "I" represents "my TV."

AlpheccaStars · Answer

park sang joonThank you, AlpheccaStars, for your message. Then I'd like to know if "I" represents "my TV."

Maybe. It could be any device you use to receive the signal from Channel 9 - a TV set, a radio set or a computer. It could mean that the reception for that signal is bad in your location, or that your cable company does not carry Channel 9.

When you analyze a sentence, it can be a grammatical analysis or a semantic (meaning) analysis. The grammatical analysis uses the words as they are written.

A semantic analysis interprets the possible meanings, so you can use other words to paraphrase it. Often you need context or subject knowledge to understand the meaning that the writer intended.
For example,

I don't get Channel 9.

You need to know about broadcasts, signals, receivers and the media as an industry.

If that sentence were written in 1839, the people alive then would not be able to give any meaningful answer.

And this, written about that same time, might give a modern reader a pause:
Amyas took charge of the ****.

I don't get Channel 9

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