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Cho7712 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
intend
If the sentence is negated, the meaning of it is changed accordingly. However, some verbs are resistant to this.
For example, 'think' as in,
I do not think that she came = I think that she did not come.
A brief explanation so far is what I found in the grammar book.
And a list of verbs is provided which act the same as think:
believe, feel, intend....
But I cannot think of any example containing 'intend'.
What meaning of intend is appropriate for this phenomenon and would you give an example sentence?
For example, 'think' as in,
I do not think that she came = I think that she did not come.
A brief explanation so far is what I found in the grammar book.
And a list of verbs is provided which act the same as think:
believe, feel, intend....
But I cannot think of any example containing 'intend'.
What meaning of intend is appropriate for this phenomenon and would you give an example sentence?
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An analogous pair of sentences using "intend" would, I suppose, be: I do not intend to cooperate. I intend not to cooperate. However, I am a bit puzzled by your comment that these verbs are "resistant" to a change of meaning when a sentence is negated.
- An analogous pair of sentences using "intend" would, I suppose, be: I do not intend to cooperate.
- I intend not to cooperate.
- However, I am a bit puzzled by your comment that these verbs are "resistant" to a change of meaning when a sentence is negated.
- "I think that she came" and "I do not think that she came", for example, have opposite meanings, just as expected.
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An analogous pair of sentences using "intend" would, I suppose, be:
I do not intend to cooperate.
I intend not to cooperate.
However, I am a bit puzzled by your comment that these verbs are "resistant" to a change of meaning when a sentence is negated. "I think that she came" and "I do not think that she came", for example, have opposite meanings, just as expected.
I do not intend to cooperate.
I intend not to cooperate.
However, I am a bit puzzled by your comment that these verbs are "resistant" to a change of meaning when a sentence is negated. "I think that she came" and "I do not think that she came", for example, have opposite meanings, just as expected.
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Thank you for the answer.
I only thought of that-clause as the complement clause so I couldn't think of any appropriate example.
And it is solved with the help of your answer.
As regards the last part of your answer, I'm afraid to point out that there is 'not' in both of my examples.
I only thought of that-clause as the complement clause so I couldn't think of any appropriate example.
And it is solved with the help of your answer.
As regards the last part of your answer, I'm afraid to point out that there is 'not' in both of my examples.
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cho7712As regards the last part of your answer, I'm afraid to point out that there is 'not' in both of my examples.Yes, I realise that, but the "negation" of "I think that she came" is "I do not think that she came", which, as I say, has the expected opposite meaning. How is the verb "think" therefore "resistant" to a change of meaning when the sentence is ne
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There are two ways to negate "I think that she came": "I think that she did not come" and "I do not think that she came." They mean essentially the same thing. In the second of those, the more usual, you don't mean that you do not think.
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enoonThey mean essentially the same thing.But they both mean the opposite of the original un-negated sentence. I don't see how this answers my question.
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It seems that my original statement is not appropriate that it is captured to mean the same as you insist.
Well, it is obvious that meaning of the sentence is changed when it is negated.
Its meaning is literally a negation not a positive proposition any longer.
So I correct my statement this late; (quoting verbatim from the book I refer to)
For some verbs, it is possible for nega
Well, it is obvious that meaning of the sentence is changed when it is negated.
Its meaning is literally a negation not a positive proposition any longer.
So I correct my statement this late; (quoting verbatim from the book I refer to)
For some verbs, it is possible for nega
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cho7712.So I correct my statement this late; (quoting verbatim from the book I refer to) For some verbs, it is possible for negation of a main clause or negation of a complement clause to yield similar,if not identical, meanings.We are in agreement here.
I think that dress is suitable for the dance. - Original sentence.
a. I don't think that dres
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BarbaraPAAs predicted by your book, a and b have "similar, if not identical, meanings."If the book is not wrong, it is so.
Are the meanings of a and b different enough to be seen as two,totally unrelated discrete,sentences?
And I think GPY already gave an answer to my original question.
Is there something misleading in my original question?
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cho7712Is there something misleading in my original question?What exactly resists what?
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It can be said that some verbs permit the meaning constancy regardless of the position of the negator.
(position = 'not' is located in the matrix clause or the embedded clause.)
(position = 'not' is located in the matrix clause or the embedded clause.)
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