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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Nothing but sympathy

He deserves nothing but sympathy.

Is the meaning of the sentence above He deserves, first and foremost, sympathy?

  

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anonymous Is the meaning of the sentence above He deserves, first and foremost, sympathy? There is no second, third or fourth thing that he deserves, so your paraphrase is not exactly accurate.

  • anonymous Is the meaning of the sentence above He deserves, first and foremost, sympathy?
  • There is no second, third or fourth thing that he deserves, so your paraphrase is not exactly accurate.
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anonymousIs the meaning of the sentence above He deserves, first and foremost, sympathy?

There is no second, third or fourth thing that he deserves, so your paraphrase is not exactly accurate.

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anonymous

He deserves nothing but sympathy.

Is the meaning of the sentence above He deserves, first and foremost, sympathy?

No. Such a thing is normally said in contradiction. He did something that you want to punish him for, but I think that he was forced into it and is no happier about it than you are. I might say that he deserves nothi

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