Resigned to join
He resigned to join the lobbying firm.
Is the sentence above ambiguous?
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I take this sentence as an ambiguous one as I'm doubtful about the interpretation of the verbal wording "resigned to join" in that sentence. In other words, is it a catenative construction meaning a resignation from joining [the lobbing firm]" or is it expressing an act of resignation from an until-now-kept post (whatever it is) in order to join [the lobbing firm]?
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tkacka15 In other words, is it a catenative construction meaning a resignation from joining [the lobbing firm]" No. tkacka15 is it expressing an act of resignation from an until-now-kept post (whatever it is) in order to join [the lobbing firm]? Yes.
- tkacka15 In other words, is it a catenative construction meaning a resignation from joining [the lobbing firm]" No.
- tkacka15 is it expressing an act of resignation from an until-now-kept post (whatever it is) in order to join [the lobbing firm]?
- Yes.
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tkacka15In other words, is it a catenative construction meaning a resignation from joining [the lobbing firm]"
No.
tkacka15 is it expressing an act of resignation from an until-now-kept post (whatever it is) in order to join [the lobbing firm]?
Yes.
0tkacka15Is the sentence above ambiguous?
Not at all. He resigned from his current position so that he could join the lobbying firm.
Be careful of a different usage of "resigned."
He resigned himself to join the lobbying firm.
He was resigned to join the lobbying firm.
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