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#2 (permalink) Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:52 am As usage (He taught all he knew to me, as a father would to a son.) |
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| 1: the best; 6: the best, I think. |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:49 am As usage (He taught all he knew to me, as a father would to a son.) |
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| I don't think the comma makes any difference in the meaning of those sentences. |
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Jamie (K) I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:58 am As usage (He taught all he knew to me, as a father would to a son.) |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| I don't think the comma makes any difference in the meaning of those sentences. |
Neither do I. Only group 1,2,3 and group 4,5,6 belong to different meanings as navi suggested in the bold lines. |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:03 am As usage (He taught all he knew to me, as a father would to a son.) |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| I don't think the comma makes any difference in the meaning of those sentences. |
Neither do I. Only group 1,2,3 and group 4,5,6 belong to different meanings as navi suggested in the bold lines. |
No, I don't think they indicate different meanings. |
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Jamie (K) I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:09 am As usage (He taught all he knew to me, as a father would to a son.) |
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| I am sorry but it seems to me that navi set up an assumption on 1,2,3 with the 1st meaning and 4,5,6 with the 2nd. Of course the comma, as you said, makes no sense here, with or without. |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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| Sentence: He spoke to me as a father to a son. | Do you have (any) pens? |