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Marrion
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 Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:46 am Post subject: .with maple leaves painted on their faces.->What does it |
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[1] There was a huge crowd of these people with maple leaves painted on their faces.
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What does this sentence mean?
[a] There was a huge crowd of these people with maple leaves and they painted on their faces.
[b] "There was huge crowd of these people and they painted maple leaves on their faces."
Which of the two sentences, [a] and [b] has the same meaning of [1]? |
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CP
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| Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:47 am Post subject: |
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This probably refers to a crowd of Canadians, whose flag is decorated with a maple leaf. It just means that the people's faces had maple leaves painted on them.
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ad-miral
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| Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Both [a] and [b] are wrong, from my point of view.
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| There was a huge crowd of people with maple leaves painted on their faces |
means:
1. There was a crowd of people. (a huge crowd)
2. These people's faces are painted with "maple leaves".
This is a maple leave: 
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Marrion
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| Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject: I got it. |
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Thank you very much, all of you!
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