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Anon006 Posted 7 years ago
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What’s the difference here:

I think I will find an apartment near the airport not too far from the school.

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I think I will find an apartment near the airport that’s that’s not too far from the school.

  

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anon006 What’s the difference here: I think I will find an apartment near the airport not too far from the school. and I think I will find an apartment near the airport that’s that’s not too far from the school. The first one allows the interpretation that the apartment will not be too far from the school or possibly that the airport is the one (of two or more airports) that is not too far from the school.

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  • anon006 What’s the difference here: I think I will find an apartment near the airport not too far from the school.
  • and I think I will find an apartment near the airport that’s that’s not too far from the school.
  • The first one allows the interpretation that the apartment will not be too far from the school or possibly that the airport is the one (of two or more airports) that is not too far from the school.
  • The more likely interpretation is that it's the apartment that's not too far from the school.
  • The second one allows only the interpretation that the airport is not too far from the school, or rather allows the interpretation that the apartment is not too far from the school only weakly.
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anon006

What’s the difference here:

I think I will find an apartment near the airport not too far from the school.

and

I think I will find an apartment near the airport that’s that’s not too far from the school.

The first one allows the interpretation that the apartment will not be too far from the school or possibly that

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