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Navitasan Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Talked to ... as ...
Are these sentences correct:
1-He talked to my daughter as to his son.
2-He talked to my daughter, as to his son.
3-He talked angrily to my daughter as to his son.
4-He talked angrily to my daughter, as to his son.
Do they mean:
a-He talked/talked angrily to my daughter and to his son as well.
b-He talked/talked angrily to my daughter in the same way he talked to his son.
c-He talked/talked angrily to my daughter as if she was his son.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-He talked to my daughter as to his son.
2-He talked to my daughter, as to his son.
3-He talked angrily to my daughter as to his son.
4-He talked angrily to my daughter, as to his son.
Do they mean:
a-He talked/talked angrily to my daughter and to his son as well.
b-He talked/talked angrily to my daughter in the same way he talked to his son.
c-He talked/talked angrily to my daughter as if she was his son.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
None of your four sentences is particularly natural. I have to say, navi, that one of the reasons that I rarely respond to your posts is that they are often about fairly unnatural language. There is frequently ambiguity in the sentences you post, but the few native speakers would produce them in the first place.
- None of your four sentences is particularly natural.
- I have to say, navi, that one of the reasons that I rarely respond to your posts is that they are often about fairly unnatural language.
- There is frequently ambiguity in the sentences you post, but the few native speakers would produce them in the first place.
- , c-He talked/talked angrily to my daughter as if she was his son, then those are the words we'd probably use.
- That's just my opinion.
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None of your four sentences is particularly natural.
I have to say, navi, that one of the reasons that I rarely respond to your posts is that they are often about fairly unnatural language. There is frequently ambiguity in the sentences you post, but the few native speakers would produce them in the first place.
If we wanted to convey one of these messages:
a-He talke
I have to say, navi, that one of the reasons that I rarely respond to your posts is that they are often about fairly unnatural language. There is frequently ambiguity in the sentences you post, but the few native speakers would produce them in the first place.
If we wanted to convey one of these messages:
a-He talke
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Thank you very much Fivejedjon.
I do visit the linguistic Twilight Zone quite often.
Respectfully,
Navi.
I do visit the linguistic Twilight Zone quite often.
Respectfully,
Navi.
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