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[Maybo]

1.Today's class attendance will not count.
2.Today's class attendance will not be counted.

Are the above sentences the same in meaning?

 

[Tarheel]

No. They are not the same in meaning. What do you want them to mean?

 

[Maybo]

If I take today's class attendance, the record will not contribute to the total attendance.

 

[tedmc]

If I take today's class attendance, the record will not contribute to the total attendance.

In that case, the first sentence is appropriate.

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, I think sentence 1 is okay.

 

[Maybo]

What would be the meaning of the second sentence?

 

[Tarheel]

If I take today's class attendance, the record will not contribute to the total attendance.

In that case, why bother?

 

[Maybo]

In that case, why bother?

It's because I feel they have the same meaning but it's not, I would like to know the difference between the two sentence.

 

[Tarheel]

It's because I feel they have the same meaning, but if not, I would like to know the difference between the two sentences.

No. I mean why bother to take class attendance if it's not going to count?

 

[Maybo]

No. I mean why bother to take class attendance if it's not going to count?

School policy.

 

[Tarheel]

I have the bad habit of looking at the practical side of things. Sometimes these questions are only about grammar.


Have all of your questions been answered?
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[jutfrank]

What would be the meaning of the second sentence?

Forget the second sentence. Think of the first sentence like this:

Today's attendance will not count (towards the overall attendance).