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What does the word "include" mean as used in the following...
I need to know what the word "include" means as it pertains to the following as an example: "The three of us, including me, make up the chess team."
Does this mean that four people make up the chess team? Or does it mean that it comprises two people plus the person that included him/herself as part of the team? I ask of this because I saw a movie in where one of the characters said something similar to my example, but the resulted number of members was him added as plus one to the amount he stated instead of what I thought it means in that includes oneself as a portion of the whole, as the number of members stated.
Does this mean that four people make up the chess team? Or does it mean that it comprises two people plus the person that included him/herself as part of the team? I ask of this because I saw a movie in where one of the characters said something similar to my example, but the resulted number of members was him added as plus one to the amount he stated instead of what I thought it means in that includes oneself as a portion of the whole, as the number of members stated.
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The normal meaning of "including me" is that I am being counted among the group. " Note that the "us" must refer to a larger group. " Either the movie dialogue was poorly written, or they didn't say it quite that way.
- The normal meaning of "including me" is that I am being counted among the group.
- " Note that the "us" must refer to a larger group.
- " Either the movie dialogue was poorly written, or they didn't say it quite that way.
- " (So there could be four new people in town).
- Does this help?
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The normal meaning of "including me" is that I am being counted among the group. So there would be three people on the chess team, one of which is "me."
Note that the "us" must refer to a larger group. ("Three members of the class, including me, make up the chess team." ) Otherwise why not just say "The three of us make up the chess team."
Either the movie dialogue was
Note that the "us" must refer to a larger group. ("Three members of the class, including me, make up the chess team." ) Otherwise why not just say "The three of us make up the chess team."
Either the movie dialogue was
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