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Fuchsia Posted 6 years ago
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The use of substitutional one
a) Have you seen any knives? I need a sharp one.
b) Have you seen any knives? I need a sharp knife.
Could I trouble you to tell me whether there exists any difference of nuance between a) and b)? Thanks in advance!
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fuchsia a) Have you seen any knives? I need a sharp one. Don't bother to tell me about any dull ones.
- fuchsia a) Have you seen any knives?
- I need a sharp one.
- Don't bother to tell me about any dull ones.
- fuchsia b) Have you seen any knives?
- I need a sharp knife.
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fuchsiaa) Have you seen any knives? I need a sharp one.
Don't bother to tell me about any dull ones.
fuchsiab) Have you seen any knives? I need a sharp knife.
The knife or knives you've seen may well be expected to be sharp, so let me know if you have seen any at all, and we'll take it from there.
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