Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoThis Sentence Is Not A Ruleimagemessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1697arrow-down13
arrow-up1694arrow-down1imageThis Sentence Is Not A RuleZizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square107linkfedilink
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI feel like the sentence is trying to communicate I have never been to Berlin many people have been to Berlin i am in the minority, having not been to Berlin. This relies on some illusionary filling in the gaps.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoExactly. It is an ambiguous sentence. The interesting thing for me is how I could read it and not realize it was ambiguous because of my brain trying to fill in the gaps and understand what the other person was trying to say.
I feel like the sentence is trying to communicate
This relies on some illusionary filling in the gaps.
Exactly. It is an ambiguous sentence. The interesting thing for me is how I could read it and not realize it was ambiguous because of my brain trying to fill in the gaps and understand what the other person was trying to say.