[lit-ideas] Re: I shall appreciate the opinion of native speaker sof English on the correctness fo the judgment in the last line (to the effect that the sentence can mean and can only mean THE BOY WHO LOST IS LEFT
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:36:51 +0000 (GMT)
I read it as
"Is the boy who lost, left?"
Judy Evans, Cardiff
--- On Tue, 22/11/11, Adriano Palma <Palma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Adriano Palma <Palma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] I shall appreciate the opinion of native speaker sof
English on the correctness fo the judgment in the last line (to the effect that
the sentence can mean and can only mean THE BOY WHO LOST IS LEFT
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, 22 November, 2011, 12:40
Is the boy who
lost left
fails to have the following interpretation:
(is it the case that) the boy who is lost left?
Why does this string only mean:
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