Syntax
Hello,
Is the following sentence natural?
- You must have ordered your answers so that they would be consistent with my question.
Kind regards,
JA
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It is natural in a certain context (though "questions" (plural) might be expected, given that there are "answers" (plural)). However, it may not mean what you think it means. The sentence expresses the speaker's belief that the answers have been ordered consistently , where this belief is based on some kind of indirect evidence.
- It is natural in a certain context (though "questions" (plural) might be expected, given that there are "answers" (plural)).
- However, it may not mean what you think it means.
- The sentence expresses the speaker's belief that the answers have been ordered consistently , where this belief is based on some kind of indirect evidence.
- It would not be used if the speaker simply reads the answers and directly observes that they are ordered consistently; neither does it describe a past or present obligation.
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It is natural in a certain context (though "questions" (plural) might be expected, given that there are "answers" (plural)). However, it may not mean what you think it means. The sentence expresses the speaker's belief that the answers have been ordered consistently, where this belief is based on some kind
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