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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

negative, negative sentence.

Hi teachers,

The questions that Mr Gilmer did not deem sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial to object to

Can you please break it down for me?

Thanks
  

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There is probably a missing word and a typo: The questions that Mr Gilmer asked did not s eem sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial to object to. Perhaps this is what was meant: We did not deem the questions that Mr Gilmer asked sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial to object to.

— AlpheccaStars

  • There is probably a missing word and a typo: The questions that Mr Gilmer asked did not s eem sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial to object to.
  • Perhaps this is what was meant: We did not deem the questions that Mr Gilmer asked sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial to object to.
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There is probably a missing word and a typo:

The questions that Mr Gilmer asked did not seem sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial to object to.

Perhaps this is what was meant:

We did not deem the questions that Mr Gilmer asked sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial to object to.
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Hi AlpheccaStars,

I always have trouble reading double negative sentences. If it was sufficiently irrelevant, does this mean:

We deem the questions relevant and material.

Thanks
TN
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tinanam0102We deem the questions relevant and material.
Here is a paraphrase:

The questions were not so far off topic as to be objectionable.
They were not relevant and material, but did not cross a boundary condition of being inappropriate.
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Hi AlpheccaStars,

I think 'sufficiently' may have been the reason that had confused me.
Thanks for breaking it down.

Thanks
TN
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