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Successor Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
In black and white
Hello,
Could you please give your opinion on the following sentence:
If I see something in black and white, it is easy to understand.
Are the phrases synonymous? Thanks for your help!
Could you please give your opinion on the following sentence:
If I see something in black and white, it is easy to understand.
Are the phrases synonymous? Thanks for your help!
Top answer
No. 'In black and white' means 'written' or 'printed' (as opposed to 'spoken').
- No.
- 'In black and white' means 'written' or 'printed' (as opposed to 'spoken').
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No. 'In black and white' means 'written' or 'printed' (as opposed to 'spoken').
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Thank you. I also found the following definitions for the phrase in black and white:
- obvious and clear
- in clearly defined contrast of mutually exclusive alternatives
Isn't here the implicated meaning of something being understandable, easy to understand?
- obvious and clear
- in clearly defined contrast of mutually exclusive alternatives
Isn't here the implicated meaning of something being understandable, easy to understand?
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No, not in your sentence; if it did, the sentence would be a truism.
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I see. I didn't probably formulate the question properly. The sentence was originally a test question with some alternatives ... one of them being 'easy to understand' and another one ' typed'.
If you see something in black and white, it is..
A. typed
B. easy to understand.
???
If you see something in black and white, it is..
A. typed
B. easy to understand.
???
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