Kazuo
Member
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2010
- Member Type
- Other
- Native Language
- Japanese
- Home Country
- Japan
- Current Location
- Japan
Hello!
A.There's something wrong with the arithmetic ― we can't possibly have sold that many copies.(from OALD)
Interpretation:
The shop assistant assumes that we (=the shop) didn’t sell that many copies.
The related facts:
The shop sold 100 copies.
The numbers added up to 110.
B. There's something wrong with the arithmetic ― we can possibly have sold that few copies.( = an arrangement of the sentence A )
Interpretation:
The shop assistant assumes that we (=the shop) didn’t sell that few copies.
The related facts:
The shop sold 100 copies.
The numbers added up to 90.
Please consider if the reasoning above is right.
Thanks in advance
A.There's something wrong with the arithmetic ― we can't possibly have sold that many copies.(from OALD)
Interpretation:
The shop assistant assumes that we (=the shop) didn’t sell that many copies.
The related facts:
The shop sold 100 copies.
The numbers added up to 110.
B. There's something wrong with the arithmetic ― we can possibly have sold that few copies.( = an arrangement of the sentence A )
Interpretation:
The shop assistant assumes that we (=the shop) didn’t sell that few copies.
The related facts:
The shop sold 100 copies.
The numbers added up to 90.
Please consider if the reasoning above is right.
Thanks in advance
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