Fondness
Banned
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2012
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Portuguese
- Home Country
- Portugal
- Current Location
- Portugal
"Some prisoners were release on humanitarian grounds."
"The secret was discussed on humanitarian grounds."
Given the usage of the pattern "on *** grounds" in the first sentence, does the second sentence mean that humanitarian compassion compelled the act of discussing the secret? Or is it that the humanitarian aspects of the secret was discussed?
"The secret was discussed on humanitarian grounds."
Given the usage of the pattern "on *** grounds" in the first sentence, does the second sentence mean that humanitarian compassion compelled the act of discussing the secret? Or is it that the humanitarian aspects of the secret was discussed?