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kerstin
Joined: 30 May 2006
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 Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:05 am Post subject: or or and |
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I can easily get people to like me *or* hate me.
Should that be or or and?
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redset
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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It depends on what you mean: with 'or' it means that some people like me and the other people hate me; with 'and' it could possibly mean the same, but it would sound like each person likes and hates me.
It makes more sense with 'or' because it seems like a contradiction - if you can easily get some people to like you then you must be a likeable person, but if you can easily get other people to hate you then you don't sound very likeable! |
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missdaredevil
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Can that mean she's very good at dealing with people? I mean having the ability to get people to like her and have the option of getting people to not like her. |
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redset
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:01 am Post subject: |
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Well it could mean that, if she's choosing which people like her and which people hate her  It could mean that people have extreme reactions to her - people usually either like her or hate her, with few people who don't feel strongly either way. If she doesn't want anyone to hate her, that would be a problem. You can't really tell either way just from that one sentence. |
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