[General] The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

[smallhenry]

The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

"There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

(The source: https://youtu.be/zRwk-yxoldc?t=82)

I think the sentence implies two meanings. One of which would be "There was no way I could have fun when I knew my phone was stolen", and this one looks more correct to me.

The other one would be more similar to "There was no way that knowing my phone was stolen would give me any fun" or "There was no way that knowing my phone was stolen would please me".

Maybe native English speakers will find the two meanings no different from each other, but I just feel like there's a difference.

 

[teechar]

Re: The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

Welcome to the forum.
Your first interpretation is the right one.
Please correct the information on your profile page.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

BrE would not use "was stolen" at the end.

There was no way I could have fun knowing that my phone had been stolen.

 

[smallhenry]

Re: The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

Thank you for the replies. Another question, is it better to put a comma after fun in the original sentence?

 

[teechar]

Re: The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

I am closing this thread until you correct the information on your profile.

 

[teechar]

Re: The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

Your profile says you're in Singapore. Is that correct?

 

[probus]

Re: The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

Thank you for the replies. Another question, is it better to put a comma after fun in the original sentence?

No, not better. The comma is unnecesaary.

Thread has been re-opened.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: The meaning of "There was no way I could have fun knowing my phone was stolen"

Another question, is it better to put a comma after fun in the original sentence?

The comma above is incorrect too.

Please remember that you're not going to get any more answers to your main question until you clear up the inconsistency between your profile (Current Location = Singapore) and your digital footprint (your IP address clearly shows you are in Taiwan).