navi tasan
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- Nov 19, 2002
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Are these sentences correct:
1-We learnt a lot from them which we should never forget.
2-We learnt a lot from them, which we should never forget.
I think '2' means
We learnt a lot from them and we should not forget that.
'1' has a restrictive clause. It means: We learnt a lot of things that we should not forget from them.
I think there is some ambiguity here. Does '1' necessarily imply that there were things we learnt from them that we can forget? I think it could imply that, but does not necessarily imply it.
Am I right?
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-We learnt a lot from them which we should never forget.
2-We learnt a lot from them, which we should never forget.
I think '2' means
We learnt a lot from them and we should not forget that.
'1' has a restrictive clause. It means: We learnt a lot of things that we should not forget from them.
I think there is some ambiguity here. Does '1' necessarily imply that there were things we learnt from them that we can forget? I think it could imply that, but does not necessarily imply it.
Am I right?
Gratefully,
Navi.