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Tamguatlay Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Would the meaning be different?

Ronin Shimizu, 12, died last Wednesday, but police are not releasing other details about the death.

He was a former pupil at Folsom Middle School in Folsom, California.

Would the meaning of the second sentence be different if 'former' were removed from it.

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tamguatlay Would the meaning of the second sentence be different if 'former' were removed from it. Yes; it would mean that he was a pupil there when he died; as it stands, it indicates (correctly or incorrectly) that he left the school before he died.

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  • tamguatlay Would the meaning of the second sentence be different if 'former' were removed from it.
  • Yes; it would mean that he was a pupil there when he died; as it stands, it indicates (correctly or incorrectly) that he left the school before he died.
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tamguatlayWould the meaning of the second sentence be different if 'former' were removed from it.
Yes; it would mean that he was a pupil there when he died; as it stands, it indicates (correctly or incorrectly) that he left the school before he died.
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