Zizzy ( Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 21 days agoThis Sentence Is Not A Rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1424
arrow-up1424imageThis Sentence Is Not A Rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneZizzy ( Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squarejtrek ( jtrek@startrek.website ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days 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 ( sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days 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.