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Alanou Posted 20 years ago
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Who is her father?Help me

A paragraph from news , "David Simmonite, 60, of Bradford, was jailed for four months in January last year after claiming that a French friend was responsible for a speeding offence committed by his daughter. Police found that the Frenchman had been at home with a kidney complaint at the time". I don't know the "daughter" 's father is David or his French friend . And how to translate the"was jailed for four months in January last year after claiming that a French friend was responsible for a speeding offence committed by his daughter". I know the meaning of each word of above paragraph, but my grammar is poor, so sometimes I can't comprehand the meaning of the whole sentence or paragraph.

Sorry for this simple question. Thank you for your help.
  

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The sentence COULD be read that the daughter was David's daughter, or the Frenchman's daughter, but logically, it was David's. David has a daughter, who was speeding. " But the police found out that Pierre was home sick when the car was seen speeding, and so the police knew Pierre was not be the driver of the speeding car.

— BarbaraPA

  • The sentence COULD be read that the daughter was David's daughter, or the Frenchman's daughter, but logically, it was David's.
  • David has a daughter, who was speeding.
  • " But the police found out that Pierre was home sick when the car was seen speeding, and so the police knew Pierre was not be the driver of the speeding car.
  • Because David lied to the police, he was sent to jail for four months.
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The sentence COULD be read that the daughter was David's daughter, or the Frenchman's daughter, but logically, it was David's.

David has a daughter, who was speeding.

But when he got the citation, David said "No, it wasn't my daughter, it was mon ami, Pierrre, who was driving the car that you saw speeding."

But the police found out that Pierre was home sick when the car
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Oh, I see. Thank you , Grammar Geek. You are a very kind people (Grandma or Grandpa?) with patience. Hope you can point out if I have wrong using in grammar , you know, maybe I will make a mistake in grammar when I post a question sometimes. If you think it is wrong, pls tell me.
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Well, you're very welcome, but since my daughters are only 7 and 9, I'm not ready to be a grandma yet!
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