Timeline for Ambiguity in Negation: "John did not come because of the rain"
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| Mar 7, 2020 at 22:52 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | I think Richard is saying that there is no ambiguity in speech as the emphasis differs and shows the intended meaning, if that difference in emphasis can be understood as doing that. | |
| Mar 7, 2020 at 22:50 | history | edited | Andrew Leach♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 7, 2020 at 9:31 | comment | added | Ram Pillai | The sentence, 'John did not come because of the rain', gives the first impression to the listener that "John was unable to come due to the rains". A further thought may reflect that 'John's coming was not because of rain.' Here, the ambiguity can be removed this way: John did not come because it was raining/it rained. John came not because of the rain. | |
| Mar 7, 2020 at 8:15 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Mar 7, 2020 at 8:00 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 7, 2020 at 7:56 | history | answered | Richard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |