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AskAndAnswer Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
proper meaning
If i was to write a sentence:
The father was enraged by his son's killing.
Would that mean that the father was enraged by the murder of his son? or would it mean that the son killed someone.
thanks
The father was enraged by his son's killing.
Would that mean that the father was enraged by the murder of his son? or would it mean that the son killed someone.
thanks
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The natural reading is "the murder of his son". It would be a strange way to express the other meaning, so that does not occur to the reader until you mention it.
- The natural reading is "the murder of his son".
- It would be a strange way to express the other meaning, so that does not occur to the reader until you mention it.
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The natural reading is "the murder of his son". It would be a strange way to express the other meaning, so that does not occur to the reader until you mention it.
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but if i really had to write it that way because its a poem and the word "killing" would have to be the last word in the sentence, what meaning would it have of the two i provided?
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Every English sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a mark of punctuation. The pronoun "I" is always capitalized. This is an English language help forum, and we try to set a good example for the learners here.
It would mean that his son had been killed. If you wanted the other meaning, you could make it "killings" with only slight damage to the rhyme.
It would mean that his son had been killed. If you wanted the other meaning, you could make it "killings" with only slight damage to the rhyme.
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Awesome, thanks! I will try not not repeat the same mistake again. 
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