brought his rifle

[navi tasan]

1) This time, he hasn't brought his rifle to threaten you, has he?
2) This time, he hasn't brought his rifle to threaten you with, has he?
3) This time, he hasn't brought bring his rifle to threaten you with it, has he?


Which of the above sentences mean:
a) This time, he hasn't brought his rifle and can't threaten you with it. Isn't that so? (Presumably, there were other occasions when he had brought his rifle and threatened you with it.)
and which mean:
b) This time, he does not intend to threaten you with his rifle, which he has brought with him.

Gratefully,
Navi.

 

[Tarheel]

I cant tell from the sentence (#2) if the person has actually brought his rifle with him or not.

You might want to say:

He hasn't brought his rifle, so he can't threaten you with it, can he?

 

[Tarheel]

If I had to choose one it would be #2.

 

[Skrej]

All of these are ambiguous as to whether he actually has a rifle with him or not this time, and even if he does have one, whether or not he intends to threaten the person with it.

 

[Rover_KE]

If I had to choose one it would be #2.

Tarheel, please note that you could have used Edit Post to add this to post #2.

 

[Tarheel]

This mobile device I"m using doesn't like me to edit posts.

:-o