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Vunder31 Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Interpretation of a sentence
If someone writes "In this thread alone, several people have compared Obama to Bush", are you more likely to interpret it as:
A) Several people have made Obama-Bush comparison posts in this thread,
B) Several people participating is this thread have made Obama-Bush comparison posts elsewhere,
or
C) In this thread, several people have made Obama-Bush comparisons. People (but not necessarily the same people) have also made Obama-Bush comparisons in other threads.
A) Several people have made Obama-Bush comparison posts in this thread,
B) Several people participating is this thread have made Obama-Bush comparison posts elsewhere,
or
C) In this thread, several people have made Obama-Bush comparisons. People (but not necessarily the same people) have also made Obama-Bush comparisons in other threads.
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Welcome to EF, Vunder A is certainly right but C also easily comes to mind. CB
- Welcome to EF, Vunder A is certainly right but C also easily comes to mind.
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Welcome to EF, Vunder
A is certainly right but C also easily comes to mind.
CB
A is certainly right but C also easily comes to mind.
CB
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Hi and welcome,
you posted the same question twice (the other thread is in the grammar section). I think it is advisable to open a single thread for questions and avoid double threads, even though I know new members are often not sure where a certain question should be posted. I myself wouldn't know where I would post a question like yours, for example.
you posted the same question twice (the other thread is in the grammar section). I think it is advisable to open a single thread for questions and avoid double threads, even though I know new members are often not sure where a certain question should be posted. I myself wouldn't know where I would post a question like yours, for example.
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