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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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quick question:whose
0 01 i 00 Most American homes contain rooms such as bedrooms, a living room and a dining room 01 font 00 whose 02 font 00 layout reveals the separation and naming of space according to function. 02 br
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0 Hi Taka 02 br 02 br 00 A polite interpretation would be that 01 i 00 whose 02 i 00 refers to all the types of rooms listed: bedrooms, a living room and a dining room. People usually understand sentences like your example correctly even though some ambiguity may arise from the fact that there are so few inflections. 01 i 00 Whose 02 i 00 has only one form.
- 0 Hi Taka 02 br 02 br 00 A polite interpretation would be that 01 i 00 whose 02 i 00 refers to all the types of rooms listed: bedrooms, a living room and a dining room.
- People usually understand sentences like your example correctly even though some ambiguity may arise from the fact that there are so few inflections.
- 01 i 00 Whose 02 i 00 has only one form.
- When 01 del 00 speaking 02 del 00 ...
- understanding English, common sense must be used.
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0 Hi Taka 02 br
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00 A polite interpretation would be that 01 i 00 whose 02 i 00 refers to all the types of rooms listed: bedrooms, a living room and a dining room. People usually understand sentences like your example correctly even though some ambiguity may arise from the fact that there are so few inflections. 01 i 00 Whose 02 i 00 has onl
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00 A polite interpretation would be that 01 i 00 whose 02 i 00 refers to all the types of rooms listed: bedrooms, a living room and a dining room. People usually understand sentences like your example correctly even though some ambiguity may arise from the fact that there are so few inflections. 01 i 00 Whose 02 i 00 has onl
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0 I thought the meaning of 'layout' was 'design showing the way things were arranged', as in 'the layout of a factory'. 02 br
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00 So I took it as the design of American houses, not that of the rooms; the rooms, it seemed to me, were the things arraneged in the houses 01 i 00 02 i 00 and named according to function. 02 br
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00 So I took it as the design of American houses, not that of the rooms; the rooms, it seemed to me, were the things arraneged in the houses 01 i 00 02 i 00 and named according to function. 02 br
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01 cite 10 Taka 12 cite 12 br10 You are probably right. And 01 b 00 I 02 b 00 didn't use enough common sense. 05 0 00 (And
10 I think the author is talking about how space is used in houses in different cultures (i.e. cultural differences in inside arrangement of houses). 12 br
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0 I take it to be the 01 i 00 layout (distribution, placement) of rooms 02 i 00 within the house. I realize that 01 i 00 layout 02 i 00 is also used as in "the layout (arrangement of elements) of/within the factory", but I still hear this as "... rooms .... whose layout ...". 02 br
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01 cite 10 CalifJim 12 cite 10 I take it to be the 11 i 10 layout (distribution, placement) of rooms 12 i 10 within the house. I realize that 11 i 10 layout 12 i 10 is also used as in "the layout (arrangement of elements) of/within the factory", but I still hear this as "... rooms .... whose layout ...". 12
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0 1. Most American homes contain rooms such as bedrooms, a living room and a dining room whose layout reveals the separation and naming of space according to function. 02 br
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00 I would take this as: 02 br
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00 2. Most American homes contain rooms such as bedrooms, a living room and a dining room, the layout of which [rooms] reveals the separation and nami
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00 I would take this as: 02 br
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00 2. Most American homes contain rooms such as bedrooms, a living room and a dining room, the layout of which [rooms] reveals the separation and nami
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