Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 day agoThis Sentence Is Not A Rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1664
arrow-up1664imageThis Sentence Is Not A Rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneZizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square106linkfedilink
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day 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-up3·1 day 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.