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Itasan
Joined: 05 Nov 2003
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Location: Yokohama, Japan
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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:30 am Post subject: pursue |
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"He pursued a banking career."
Does this mean:
"He led his life as a banker"
and not "He wanted to become a banker"?
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eslweb
Joined: 31 May 2006
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Location: United Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:29 am Post subject: Bankers... |
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"He pursued a banking career."
If he's looking back at his life now, then its likely he had a life as a banker. For example if this was written in a biography...
The other explanation is grammatically possible with an appropriate context.
James |
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