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  1. 07-Sep-2004, 16:24 #1
    navi tasan
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    Default ambiguous sentence?

    She does everything for her mother.

    Can't this sentence have two meanings?
    1-She does whatever she does for her: she goes to school for her, gets good grades to make her happy, chooses her friend in such a way as to please her....
    2-She does everything there is to be done for her mother: takes care of her, washes her clothes, cooks for her...
  2. 07-Sep-2004, 18:36 #2
    blacknomi
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    Interesting.

    she goes to school for her, gets good grades to make her happy, chooses her friend in such a way as to please her....takes care of her, washes her clothes, cooks for her...
    Isn't that everything?
  3. 07-Sep-2004, 19:05 #3
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    First meaning would usually call for inversion:
    Everything she does is for her mother.

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