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[digitalen]

He and he is the same person.
I would like to know the meaning of the next sentence.
He weighs as much as he does.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

He and he is the same person.

I'm afraid this doesn't make sense.

He weighs as much as he does.

This should be comparing the weights of two different people, but the distinction between the two, as written, is not very clear. In a real life situation with some pointing and hand waving it might be clearer.

As an afterthought, if the sentence were to continue it might make sense.

He weighs as much as he does because he eats like a horse.

 

[Matthew Wai]

He and he is the same person.
I'm afraid this doesn't make sense.

If the speaker pointed at two people in two different photos while speaking, would it make sense?

Not a teacher.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

I'd understand what he meant, but it wouldn't be a natural sentence.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I'm afraid this doesn't make sense.

I'd understand what he meant, but it wouldn't be a natural sentence.

Is an understandable but unnatural sentence sometimes described as 'doesn't make sense'? If so, I would be confused.

Not a teacher.

 

[bhaisahab]

I think it would have helped if the OP had used quotation marks: "He" and "he" is the same person. It would have been even better if "in the following sentence" had been added.

 

[Roman55]

Is an understandable but unnatural sentence sometimes described as 'doesn't make sense'? If so, I would be confused.

I am not a teacher.

Why have you taken two of my posts and put them together as if they were both in answer to the same question?

1. digitalen wrote, 'He and he is the same person.' I replied, 'I'm afraid this doesn't make sense.'
2. Matthew wrote, 'If the speaker pointed at two people in two different photos while speaking, would it make sense?' I replied, 'I'd understand what he meant, but it wouldn't be a natural sentence.'

 

[Matthew Wai]

I'd understand what he meant

I took it to mean 'I'd understand what he meant by 'He and he is the same person', which had been described as 'doesn't make sense' in your post#2. Did I misunderstand something?

Not a teacher.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

I think you're being obtuse.

If the speaker pointed at two people in two different photos and said, 'He same him' I'd understand what he meant, but it wouldn't be a natural sentence.'

Do you understand now?

 

[SoothingDave]

He and he are the same person. The grammatical subject is plural.

 

[Matthew Wai]

He and he are the same person.

Can 'He and he' be replaced with 'These two guys'?

Not a teacher.

 

[SoothingDave]

Can 'He and he' be replaced with 'These two guys'?

Not a teacher.

Sure. Why not? Again, there would need to be some other clues (like pointing to faces on photos) that make the sentence sensible. But grammatically, sure.