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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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I have understanding as well as you.

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01b01font00I have understanding as well as you.02font02b0-
  

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0Technically, my understanding of the sentence is that the speaker has 2 things: comprehension and the listener, who I am forced to assume is a slave, lover, and/or spouse.02br
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00The speaker probably means 'I understand as well as you (do).'0-
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01cite10Old Man Gordon12cite10Technically, my understanding of the sentence is that the speaker has 2 things: comprehension and the listener, who I am forced to assume is a slave, lover, and/or spouse.12br
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11b11font10The speaker probably means 'I understand as well as you (do).'1
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0 Hi Jackson02br
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00I assume you've taken your sentence from the Bible. I hope you realize that there are quite a few usages of English in the Bible that are no longer used in modern English.02br
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00Here is a link for you. Scroll down to number 10.02br
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0Following is the complete quote:02br
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01b00''But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: 01font01u00yea, who knoweth not such things as these?02u00''02font02b02br
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01font00What does the underlined sentence mean?02font
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01font10What does the underlined sentence mean?12font12blockquote
11i00For goodness' sake, who doesn't know that?02i02br
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0 Jackson, it is much more helpful to quote the entire sentence in the first place, instead of just a single phrase. It can be impossible to interpret some phrases correctly out of context. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Jackson, it is much more helpful to quote the entire sentence in the first place, instead of just a single phrase. It can be impossible to interpret some phrases correctly out of context.12blockquote
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00For context please go to this 01b0500
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0 No, it's fine once you quoted the entire sentence and not just a single phrase. 0-

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