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Taka Posted 5 years ago
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What is the difference in meaning between these two? Practically no difference?
(1) I want them to be destroyed.
(2) I want them destroyed.
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Taka What is the difference in meaning between these two? Practically no difference? It depends on the context.
- Taka What is the difference in meaning between these two?
- Practically no difference?
- It depends on the context.
- For example, if you are a general addressing your troops about to go on a mission to attack a group of four gasoline storage tanks, number 2 is more likely than number 1.
- Number one means that you would like it if they were destroyed, and you don't care how.
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TakaWhat is the difference in meaning between these two? Practically no difference?
It depends on the context. For example, if you are a general addressing your troops about to go on a mission to attack a group of four gasoline storage tanks, number 2 is more likely than number 1. Number one means that you would like it if they were destroyed, and you don't
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