navi tasan
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Isn't this sentence ambiguous:
1-John or Jim goes there every day.
I think it could mean.
1a-Every day, either John or Jim goes there. (Some days it is John and some days it is Jim.)
or:
2-Either John goes there every day or Jim goes there every day, (The same guy goes there every day, but I don't know which one of the two).
I think some people (may-be most people) say "go" instead of "goes". I wonder if that is correct according to traditional grammar, and I wonder if one could use the two foròs to distinguish between the meanings.
1-John or Jim goes there every day.
I think it could mean.
1a-Every day, either John or Jim goes there. (Some days it is John and some days it is Jim.)
or:
2-Either John goes there every day or Jim goes there every day, (The same guy goes there every day, but I don't know which one of the two).
I think some people (may-be most people) say "go" instead of "goes". I wonder if that is correct according to traditional grammar, and I wonder if one could use the two foròs to distinguish between the meanings.