Timeline for What does ‘One’ in “Detectives slapped handcuffs on her. “You know you did it,” she said one later shouted at her. “Just admit it.” mean?
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| Jul 27, 2011 at 23:52 | vote | accept | Yoichi Oishi | ||
| Jul 27, 2011 at 4:10 | comment | added | aedia λ | @Yoichi-san, I wouldn't worry that we find it that easy to read! The reason I don't find "a second" as easy to substitute as a possible meaning is that I must fill in a lot of other words to make it work: "one moment later he shouted at her," for example. My mind does fill these in at first - I might find the same meaning on a first read - but if read carefully and force myself not to fill in any seemingly missing words, "detective" is the only "one" that works. | |
| Jul 27, 2011 at 2:37 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | @Martha: Right, you could do that. It would change word order but make it much more readable. | |
| Jul 27, 2011 at 2:20 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | ＠Malvolio / @Martha. I was relieved to find your comments, because I suspected if 'one later shouted at her’ in this sentence is taken for granted to any native speakers, allowing no room for questioning. | |
| Jul 26, 2011 at 23:44 | comment | added | Marthaª | I'd actually rewrite it as She said that one detective later shouted at her, "You know you did it. Just admit it." | |
| Jul 26, 2011 at 22:32 | history | answered | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |