[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: Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:45:28 -0600
I read it as: "Is the boy on the left lost?" --"Left" being politically
left, of course.
Or perhaps it could be read as: "Is the left boy lost?" "Left" being
politically left, of course.
Or perhaps it could be read metaphorically as: " Is the Left a lost boy?"
"Left" being politically left, of course.
Or perhaps "left" could be read as: "left" as in "clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right" -- maybe it has nothing to do with politics --- naw,
everthing has to bo with politics.
Mike Geary
the Left of Memphis
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Adriano Palma <Palma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
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> >>> John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> 11/22/2011 4:25 PM >>>
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> 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:
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