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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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meaing to tell him to
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The car behind flashed his light meaning to tell him to accelerate.
The car behind flashed his light meaning to tell him to accelerate.
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Hi, No. The driver behind flashed his lights so that he would accelerate his car. Yet, he makes the sentence ambiguous: does he refer to the driver behind or to someone else?
- Hi, No.
- The driver behind flashed his lights so that he would accelerate his car.
- Yet, he makes the sentence ambiguous: does he refer to the driver behind or to someone else?
- This sentence, for example, would be better: The driver behind flashed his lights at John so that he would accelerate his car.
- Regards
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Hi,
No.
The driver behind flashed his lights so that he would accelerate his car.
Yet, he makes the sentence ambiguous: does he refer to the driver behind or to someone else?
This sentence, for example, would be better:
The driver behind flashed his lights at John so that he would accelerate his car.
Regards
No.
The driver behind flashed his lights so that he would accelerate his car.
Yet, he makes the sentence ambiguous: does he refer to the driver behind or to someone else?
This sentence, for example, would be better:
The driver behind flashed his lights at John so that he would accelerate his car.
Regards
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