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1-In the first days of the project , when I saw him, he seemed happy. 2-In the first days of the project when I saw him, he seemed happy. Is there a difference between the meanings of these sentences? The only difference between them is that there is a comma after 'project' in '1'. Gratefully, Navi.

1-He does aerobic exercises for weight loss.

Does that mean
a-There are certain aerobic exercises that are for weight loss and he does them
or:
b-In order to lose weight, he does aerobic exercises.

Gratefully,
Navi.

1-I remember a book by a French writer author I read. Isn't that sentence ambiguous? 1a-I used to read that writer 1b-I read that book ============================ 2-I remember an episode of a TV series I watched. Isn't that sentence ambiguous? 2a-I watched the series 2b-I watched that episode Grat...

Is this sentence correct: 1-I talked to that mayor's cousin who had a scar on his forehead. Does 'that' unambiguously modify ' mayor' ? Does that mean that the speaker is either pointing to him or referring to him in a deprecating way? Is it absolutely clear that it was the cousin who had the scar (...

Which are correct: 1-He was the longest serving British ambassador to their country from 1852 to 1872. 2-He was the longest serving British ambassador to their country, from 1852 to 1872. 3-He was the longest serving British ambassador to their country- from 1852 to 1872. 4-He was the longest servin...

Which of the following are correct with the given meanings: 1-I forget his name. Meaning: I cannot recall his name. I do not remember his name. 2-He forgets that man's name. Meaning: He cannot recall his name. 3-I forgot his name when he came in through the door. Meaning: When he came in through the...

1-He pushed the cart a lot. Would this mean: 1a-He pushed it hard. 1b-He pushed it far. 1c-He pushed it often. =============================== 2-He pushed the cart too much. Would this mean: 2a-He pushed it too hard. 2b-He pushed it too far. 2c-He pushed it too often. Gratefully, Navi.

Thank you very much Jerry, But wouldn't you say that: 3-The man who had won we-did-not-know-how-many-prizes entered the room. and 4-The man with god-knows-how-many prizes entered the room. [Your sentence] both imply that he had won many prizes? Could they be used in a 'neutral' context, ie. when one...

Wow! I generally do not make simple 'thank you' posts for fear of wasting the time of people who open the thread to see what has been posted. A 'thank you ' note does not carry any information and people might be disappointed by it. In this case, I will make an exception though. Your post Phil is ve...

Which are correct: 1-The man that we did not know how many prizes he had won entered the room. (informal spoken English) 2-The man about whom we did not know how many prizes he had won entered the room. 3-The man who had won we-did-not-know-how-many-prizes entered the room. It seems to me that 3 is ...

Are these sentences correct: 1-I hope they will fire you and bring experts here to change the system once and for all instead of you fixing problems as they arise one after the other. 2-I hope they will fire you and bring experts here to change the system once and for all rather than you fixing prob...

Which is correct:

1-That equation was something I let slip my memory and did not know any longer.
2-That equation was something I let slip my memory and did not know.

Gratefully,
Navi.

Is this sentence correct: The hospital staff, including Dr. Sheehan posing as Aule and a nurse posing as Rachel Solando, were part of the test, and the migraines that Laeddis suffered were withdrawal symptoms from his medication , as well as hallucinating the "real Rachel Solando" . Source: http://e...

1-He is dating an older woman at the office. 2-He is dating one of the older women at the office. 3-They laid off an older woman at the office. 4-They laid off one of the older women at the office. I think '2', '3' and '4' are telling us that if we divide the women of the office into two groups acc...

Which are correct: 1-He might be tall and he might not be tall. 2-He might be tall or he might not be tall. 3-He might be tall and he might be short. 4-He might be tall or he might be short. 5-He might have committed a crime and he might have saved people's lives. 6-He might have committed a crime o...