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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
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I made something different from the original.
I made something different from the original.
1. It is interpreted like something [which is] different from the original. Here different modifies something behind.
2. It is interpreted like I made it different from the original. Here different functions as an object complement.
However, I think that they carry the same meaning in both ways.
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual.
1. It is interpreted like something [which is] different from the original. Here different modifies something behind.
2. It is interpreted like I made it different from the original. Here different functions as an object complement.
However, I think that they carry the same meaning in both ways.
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual.
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I think that "making something [which is] different" implies creation from scratch, whereas "making something different" (object complement) implies modification. )
- I think that "making something [which is] different" implies creation from scratch, whereas "making something different" (object complement) implies modification.
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I think that "making something [which is] different" implies creation from scratch, whereas "making something different" (object complement) implies modification.
(There is another altogether different way to interpret it, in which "from" means "using" or "out of", but this is not relevant to your question.)
(There is another altogether different way to interpret it, in which "from" means "using" or "out of", but this is not relevant to your question.)
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