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Taka Posted 15 years ago
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Sad
Do these have the same meaning?
He wrote his experience in a sad way.
He wrote his experience sadly.
He wrote his experience in a sad way.
He wrote his experience sadly.
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The first is a little odd, but suggests to me that he intentionally wrote his experience in a manner that would induce sadness in the reader. The second suggests to me that he was sad when writing his experience.
- The first is a little odd, but suggests to me that he intentionally wrote his experience in a manner that would induce sadness in the reader.
- The second suggests to me that he was sad when writing his experience.
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The first is a little odd, but suggests to me that he intentionally wrote his experience in a manner that would induce sadness in the reader.
The second suggests to me that he was sad when writing his experience.
The second suggests to me that he was sad when writing his experience.
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About the first example, you don't think it implies the author wrote it intentionally in a negative way (i.e the author intentionally made the story sad)?
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I thought maybe you meant that way. But as you said 'in a manner that would induce sadness in the reader', I thought at the same time that you might have been saying that the author's first concern was the reader: the author always having the reader in mind when writing.
Anyway, thanks, CS!
Anyway, thanks, CS!
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