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Seagull Posted 8 years ago
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Some ..., and others ...

Hello everyone. I have a question.

Regarding the following two sentences:

(A) Some boys like basketball, and the others like football.

(B) Some boys like baseball, and others like football.

Do both (A) and (B) mean basically the same thing? Or are they quite different? Here, I'm thinking about a situation where there are 20 boys in a class.

I suppose (A) means that for example, 11 boys like basketball and the remaining nine boys like football. On the other hand, I think that (B) can mean a situation where seven boys like basketball, five boys like football, and the remaining eight boys do not have any particular favorite sport. Is my understanding correct?

  

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seagull Is my understanding correct? Close. seagull (A) Some boys like basketball, and the others like football.

— Anonymous

  • seagull Is my understanding correct?
  • Close.
  • seagull (A) Some boys like basketball, and the others like football.
  • There is a mismatch between the two clauses.
  • One is general, and the other is specific.
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seagull Is my understanding correct?

Close.

seagull(A) Some boys like basketball, and the others like football.

There is a mismatch between the two clauses. One is general, and the other is specific. To be consistent, it would have to be "Some of the boys like basketball, and the others like football." But i

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