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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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If not his tone.
"Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared to share Trump’s frustration, if not his tone."
(The Washington Post.)
Does "if not his tone" in the sentence above mean some hesitation expressed by the journalist in a sense that maybe Shinzo Abe also appeared to share Trump's tone?
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anonymous oes "if not his tone" in the sentence above mean some hesitation expressed by the journalist in a sense that maybe Shinzo Abe also appeared to share Trump's tone? No. The journalist says that they don't share the tone (they used different tones).
- anonymous oes "if not his tone" in the sentence above mean some hesitation expressed by the journalist in a sense that maybe Shinzo Abe also appeared to share Trump's tone?
- No.
- The journalist says that they don't share the tone (they used different tones).
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anonymousoes "if not his tone" in the sentence above mean some hesitation expressed by the journalist in a sense that maybe Shinzo Abe also appeared to share Trump's tone?
No. The journalist says that they don't share the tone (they used different tones).
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