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Islamisthebest
24-01-08, 05:40 AM
well basically here it goes..... from the following sentence how many meanings are there to it....

the sentence is.......... I saw a man on the hill with a telescope...

who can tell me how many meanings there are to it and show it via the same sentence if u know what i mean...

another one is "cigarettes must be extuingished before entering a building" what does this mean?

I know the answers to all of them but who can tell me what the answers are if any....:hidban::up:

GOOD LUCK PEOPLE

Ibn Al-Jarrah
24-01-08, 09:02 AM
1. I saw a man on the hill using a telescope
2. The man was using a telescope
3. The hill had a telescope on it

Islamisthebest
24-01-08, 05:33 PM
well done ibn Al-Ajarrah

do you know what the other sentence means

Ibn Al-Jarrah
25-01-08, 07:54 AM
another one is "cigarettes must be extuingished before entering a building" what does this mean?



i can only see one meaning

Islamisthebest
25-01-08, 09:38 AM
which meaning do you think that is

Ibn Al-Jarrah
25-01-08, 08:47 PM
you must extinguish cigarettes before entering a building

Le Croyant
25-01-08, 09:14 PM
I saw a man with a telescope...

1) could mean that u saw a man holding a telescope

2) could mean that u saw thru a telescope

3) and lastly, that u cut a man with telescope
other could b saw in two pieces

Islamisthebest
26-01-08, 12:24 AM
Ibn Al-Jarrah got it right the first time round.

Islamisthebest
26-01-08, 12:25 AM
"cigarettes must be extuingished before entering a building"

This means that you cant enter a building without cigarettes being extuingished hence you cant enter a building if you dont smoke.. if you know what i mean