It's ambiguous. Context would tell.
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#1 16-Nov-2012, 18:28I saw the girl in the company yesterday
When someone say that " I saw the girl in the company yesterday ", How should I properly understand that sentence?
Does it mean yesterday he saw the girl who was a staff in the company or the company is the place where he saw the girl yesterday?
I appreciate your help!
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#2 16-Nov-2012, 18:38Re: I saw the girl in the company yesterday
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#3 17-Nov-2012, 07:04Re: I saw the girl in the company yesterday
So, I can understand the above sentence with either ways. Could you please give me two contexts for those ways ?
I appreciate the help!
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#4 17-Nov-2012, 08:25Re: I saw the girl in the company yesterday
First give us the context in which you found that sentence, which does not sound natural to me.
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