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Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -)
Message de deutsche12 posté le 24-10-2010 à 15:11:11 (S | E | F)
Hello !
Je voudrais savoir si cette phrase est juste :
They were so stupid that they didn't understand.
Thanks !!
Message de deutsche12 posté le 24-10-2010 à 15:11:11 (S | E | F)
Hello !
Je voudrais savoir si cette phrase est juste :
They were so stupid that they didn't understand.
Thanks !!
Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de dolfine56, postée le 24-10-2010 à 15:36:31 (S | E)
Hello,
They were so stupid that they didn't understand.
I guess this sentence is right, but I'd say
they were so stupid that they understood nothing.
because, "to understand nothing" means they are really stupid , doesn't it?
see you.
Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de deutsche12, postée le 24-10-2010 à 15:41:45 (S | E)
Yes, you're right !
Thank you very much, dolfine56 !!
All the best !
Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de ariette, postée le 24-10-2010 à 16:00:54 (S | E)
or may be they were too stupid to understand ?
Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de notrepere, postée le 24-10-2010 à 16:03:31 (S | E)
Hello! You sentence is ambiguous because it can be understood in two ways:
They were so stupid not to have understood.
(I can't believe they didn't understand)
or
They didn't understand because they were so stupid.
I suspect that you intended the second meaning, so rewording the sentence would be better.
I hope this helps.
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Modifié par notrepere le 24-10-2010 19:04
Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de may, postée le 24-10-2010 à 16:14:15 (S | E)
Bonjour,
I agree with dolfine56, however we might put the sentence as:
They were so stupid that they wouldn't understand or simply They were too stupid to understand anything.
(the word stupid seems very hard then..)
Accordingly,
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