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a. You ran away when they attacked because you were one person against four. Anybody would have done that. b. You ran away when they attacked because you were one person against four. Everybody would have done that. Are both these sentences acceptable? Is there any difference in their meanings? Man...

a. That's all anybody will remember from this day. b. That's what anybody will remember from this day. Can't these sentences mean two things? 1. Those who will remember anything about this day at all, will remember that. 2. That's all everybody will remember from this day. Everybody will remember t...

a. Your house is bigger than ours. b. Your houses are bigger than ours. My feeling is that in these sentences we can't tell whether 'ours' is 'our house' or 'our houses' and in the latter case we can't tell if we own the houses jointly or separately. I think (a) could also mean: Your house is bigge...

His car is bigger than your car and mine.

Can't this mean two things
1. His car is bigger than your car and it is also bigger than mine.
2. His car is bigger than your car and mine together.
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Can one say a. He thinks more people born on this day succeed in life. b. He thinks more people born on this day succeed in life than on any other day. c. He thinks more people born on this day succeed in life than are born on any other day. d. He thinks more people born on this day succeed in life ...

Thank you so much for your reply! I agree that none could mean: 'One of us might get fired tomorrow. But could any of them ever be used instead of: 'Any of us might get fired tomorrow.' The other meaning would be: 'It is possible that all of us will get fired tomorrow.' That is the likely meaning, b...

a. Each of us might get fired tomorrow. b. We might each get fired tomorrow. c. All of us might get fired tomorrow. d. We might all get fired tomorrow. e. Every one of us might get fired tomorrow. Could any of these sentences mean 1. Any of us might get fired tomorrow. ? I see two possible meanings...

a. He has fought all of us. b. He has fought every one of us. c. He has fought each of us. d. He had a fight with all of us. e. He had a fight with every one of us. f. He has a fight with each of us. In which case: 1. We are talking about separate fights and in which case 2. We are talking about a ...

Can one say a. He orders her around every day enough to get exhausted. b. He orders her around every day, enough to get exhausted. c. He orders her around every day enough to make her exhausted. d. He orders her around every day, enough to make her exhausted. ? Are (a) and (b) ambiguous? Who is gett...

Can one say a. I did not go along with his plan to make me a star. b. I did not go along with his plan for me to become a star. c. I did not go along with his plan so that I would become a star. d. I did not go along with his plan for making me a star. e. I did not go along with his plan for becomin...

a. They confiscated suitcases of journalists. b. They confiscated suitcases of the journalists. c. They confiscated the suitcases of journalists. d. They confiscated the suitcases of the journalists. e. They confiscated journalists' suitcases. f. They confiscated the journalists' suitcases. Which o...

"Too much of something isn't good for you." Is this sentence ambiguous? One meaning a. Too much of anything isn't good for you. Second meaning: b.Too much of a specific thing isn't good for you. I went to the doctor and he told me that too much of something wasn't good for me, but I was so drunk I ...

We know that Dan is a member of their gang. But is he a hitman? a. No. Dan is the man to supply illegal material. b. No. Dan is the man for supplying illegal material. c. No. Dan is their man to supply illegal material. d. No. Dan is their man for supplying illegal material. e. No. Dan is somebody t...

Can one say

a. You are expected to produce traditional musical compositions, not so much experimental ones.
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If one can what is the difference between that sentence and this one
b. You are expected to produce traditional musical compositions, not experimental ones.
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Is (c) atrocious as well?

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