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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Make sense?

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AnonymousWhat do you intend to say?

It is a very famous saying. All English speakers with a classical education would recognize it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest

Does it mean when it happens, it happens?

  

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Anonymous Does it mean when it happens, it happens? It means that we don't know if something happens if no one is there to observe it. If you try the dish, it tastes like curry; If you don't try the dish, it doesn't taste like curry.

  • Anonymous Does it mean when it happens, it happens?
  • It means that we don't know if something happens if no one is there to observe it.
  • If you try the dish, it tastes like curry; If you don't try the dish, it doesn't taste like curry.
  • If you don't taste the dish, you don't know what it tastes like.
  • It might taste like curry or mint chocolate pudding or cinnamon or bitter orange.
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AnonymousDoes it mean when it happens, it happens?

It means that we don't know if something happens if no one is there to observe it.

If you try the dish, it tastes like curry; If you don't try the dish, it doesn't taste like curry.

If you don't taste the dish, you don't know what it tastes like. It might taste like curry or mint chocolate

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