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Veravera
Joined: 10 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject: I don't think |
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Dear teachers,
I'm kind of confused of the following sentence.
1) It's not very expensive,I don't think.
2) I think it's not very expensive.
3) I don't think it's very expensive.
Are they the same meaning?
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pugachevV
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2 and 3 mean the same thing.
1. is a double negative so it means the opposite; i.e. that it IS very expensive. |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| Except that if someone actually said number 1, the chances of their meaning that it was really expensive are small. |
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