Re: Ambiguity

From	alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
Newsgroups	soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage, misc.writing, soc.culture.usa, soc.culture.india
Subject	Re: Ambiguity
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Date	2018-01-30 20:37 +0000
Organization	Jai Maharaj
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References	<619e68a1-f8f9-464e-8f1f-a15464ac5222@googlegroups.com> <20180129Dy2FePo48i@DyQH> <p4p45u020ff@news7.newsguy.com>

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<p4p45u020ff@news7.newsguy.com>,
RH Draney <dado...@cox.net> posted:
> 
> On 1/29/2018 6:36 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
> > 
> > In alt.usage.english, in article
> > <619e68a1-f8f9-464e...@googlegroups.com>,
> > David Kleinecke <dkle...@gmail.com> posted:
> >>
> >> I just looked hard at the following sentence from the wild:
> >>     This is really interesting.
> >>
> >> Does it mean
> >>     (1) It is a true fact that this is interesting
> >>     (2) This is very interesting
> >> or both?
> > 
> > The sentence makes no claim about something being true or
> > false.
> 
> Mr Kleinecke is asking to clarify which meaning of
> "really" is meant: (1) "in actuality" or (2) "very" (an
> intensifier)....r

Thank you, really.

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

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Re: Ambiguity alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) - 2018-01-30 01:36 +0000
  Re: Ambiguity RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2018-01-29 23:49 -0700
    Re: Ambiguity alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) - 2018-01-30 20:37 +0000

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