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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Shatter
The vase shattered the cup.
Question1)
How would you interpret this?
1. Somebody used the vase to shattered the cup.
2. The vase itself (dropped and) shattered the cup.
3. Both are OK.
Question2) What meaning do you think of first when you see the sentence?
Question1)
How would you interpret this?
1. Somebody used the vase to shattered the cup.
2. The vase itself (dropped and) shattered the cup.
3. Both are OK.
Question2) What meaning do you think of first when you see the sentence?
Top answer
I think it's a badly written sentence -- as you are reading it, you first think "the vase shattered," and then you realized that the vase shattered something else. I would re-write it.
- I think it's a badly written sentence -- as you are reading it, you first think "the vase shattered," and then you realized that the vase shattered something else.
- I would re-write it.
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I think it's a badly written sentence -- as you are reading it, you first think "the vase shattered," and then you realized that the vase shattered something else. I would re-write it.
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