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24-Mar-2006, 22:13
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 ambiguous sentence? Can't this mean: 1. The woman I love saved my life. and also: 2. The woman I love saved your life. |
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25-Mar-2006, 07:59
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| Re: ambiguous sentence? No. It can only mean 2. "Did" in the second sentence is a place-holder for the verb and its object in the first sentence, so it translates as: The woman you love didn't save your life. The woman I love saved your life. |
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25-Mar-2006, 08:06
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| Re: ambiguous sentence? Only second meaning is correct. The woman you love didn't save your life. The woman I love did (save your life). You only leave out that which is already present in the first sentence. |
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25-Mar-2006, 12:25
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| Re: ambiguous sentence? Quote:
I love you. A. So do I. B. Me too. Would you say A and B mean I love myself? |
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25-Mar-2006, 23:30
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| Re: ambiguous sentence? No, the both mean "I love you, too". Sentence B is usually considered informal and, by some people, grammatically incorrect; sentence A is aways correct. |
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