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Navitasan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Not A and B
1) He was not angry and exhausted.
Can't this sentence mean two things:
a) He was not angry and he was exhausted.
b) It is not true that he was angry and disillusioned.
Would a comma after 'angry' make the sentence have only meaning 'a'?=
2) He was not competitive and without self-esteem.
Is '2' correct?
It is supposed to mean: He was not competitive and did not have self esteem.
Would a comma after 'competitive' help?
Gratefully,
Navi.
Can't this sentence mean two things:
a) He was not angry and he was exhausted.
b) It is not true that he was angry and disillusioned.
Would a comma after 'angry' make the sentence have only meaning 'a'?=
2) He was not competitive and without self-esteem.
Is '2' correct?
It is supposed to mean: He was not competitive and did not have self esteem.
Would a comma after 'competitive' help?
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
#1 is unnatural. navitasan Is '2' correct? Yes.
- #1 is unnatural.
- navitasan Is '2' correct?
- Yes.
- navitasan It is supposed to mean: He was not competitive and did not have self esteem.
- Yes, that's the only likely interpretation.
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#1 is unnatural.
navitasanIs '2' correct?Yes.
navitasanIt is supposed to mean: He was not competitive and did not have self esteem.Yes, that's the only likely interpretation.
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