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eagleflych
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 Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: what do the sentence means? |
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Hi, everybody:
I have seen the sentence "They can play tennis with you tomorrow. They're not working. " in an essay.
"They're not working." means what?
There are two explanations that I guess below.
1. According an arrangement, they will not work tomorrow.
2. The arrangement, namely that they will work tomorrow, doesn't exist.
which explanation is right?
Thanks a lot in advance. |
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aoikokoro
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Location: Mexico, Queretaro
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I really think is the first one, because you already said that they can play in the first sentence.
The CAN play.
So
They are not working tomorrow.
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They are not working tomorrow.
So
They can play.
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