** For Your Eyes Only ** ** High Priority ** ** Reply Requested by 11/22/2011 (Tuesday) ** thank you, your judgment does indeed accord with the theory, not being a native I prefer to 'double' check my own judgments. thank you M. McCreery >>> John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> 11/22/2011 4:25 PM >>> To me it would not mean the boy who is lost left. It could mean is the boy who lost [the game] still here? It could also mean is the boy who lost [the game, fight, whatever] left [speaking of political parties]. The critical difference is between "the boy who is lost," i.e. confused about which direction to go, can't find his parents, etc., and "the boy who lost," which assumes a game or fight or some other rivalrous activity. JOhn On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Adriano Palma <Palma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 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: Please find our Email Disclaimer here-->: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer ( http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/ ) -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Tel. +81-45-314-9324 jlm@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wordworks.jp/ Please find our Email Disclaimer here: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/