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| From | RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage, misc.writing, soc.culture.usa |
| Subject | Re: Ambiguity |
| Date | 2018-01-29 23:49 -0700 |
| Organization | NewsGuy.com |
| Message-ID | <p4p45u020ff@news7.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <619e68a1-f8f9-464e-8f1f-a15464ac5222@googlegroups.com> <20180129Dy2FePo48i@DyQH> |
Cross-posted to 6 groups.
On 1/29/2018 6:36 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote: > In alt.usage.english, in article > <619e68a1-f8f9-464e-8f1f-a15464ac5222@googlegroups.com>, > David Kleinecke <dklei...@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
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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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