Specific phrase meaning to a native speaker
Hi,
I would like to know how a native speaker would intepret such a phrase:
"Polish mass murderer Hans Frank..."
Would it mean to you that Hans Frank was Polish, or rather that Hans Frank was a mass murderer in Poland or of Polish people, assuming you didn't know who Hans Frank actually was?
Thank you
Top answer
"Would it mean to you that Hans Frank was Polish That's the interpretation that most native speakers would think of first. EJZ or of Polish people Only after you point out that alternate interpretation would natives see that possibility as well. CJ
- "Would it mean to you that Hans Frank was Polish That's the interpretation that most native speakers would think of first.
- EJZ or of Polish people Only after you point out that alternate interpretation would natives see that possibility as well.
- CJ
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EJZ"Polish mass murderer Hans Frank..."Would it mean to you that Hans Frank was Polish
That's the interpretation that most native speakers would think of first.
EJZor of Polish people
Only after you point out that alternate interpretation would natives see that possibility as well.
CJ
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