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Old 06-Mar-2004, 21:11
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Default Re: remember

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Originally Posted by navi
Isn't this sentence ambiguous:

I don't remember three things that happened that night.

First meaning: It is not true that I remember three things that happened that night (probably: I don't remember anyhting)
Second meaning: There are three things that happened that night that I don' t remember.
Context would help, but in my reading, the speaker is saying that he doesn't remember much of what happened that night. It does not mean precisely three things in my opinion.
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