navi tasan
Key Member
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2002
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Persian
- Home Country
- Iran
- Current Location
- United States
1-I have had a computer for ten years.
Is this sentence not ambiguous?
I don't think we can tell if it was the same one or not. (Consider the case where it is followed by something like: "It is the first time I don't have a computer.")
I think
2-I have had computers for ten years.
is ambiguous as well. We can't tell if I ever had more than one computer at a time.
Am I correct?
Gratefully,
Navi.
Is this sentence not ambiguous?
I don't think we can tell if it was the same one or not. (Consider the case where it is followed by something like: "It is the first time I don't have a computer.")
I think
2-I have had computers for ten years.
is ambiguous as well. We can't tell if I ever had more than one computer at a time.
Am I correct?
Gratefully,
Navi.