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by mankey » Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:31 am
I have a doubt, please help:

My friend does not eat asparagus as I do.

In the sentence above, does it mean that I also dont eat asparagus or does it mean I eat asparagus?

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by crick » Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:58 am
"My friend does not eat asparagus as I do. "

I am not sure if this is a well-formed sentence. First time, I comprehended the sentence as suggesting "my manner of eating aspargus is different from my friend."

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by aspirant2011 » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:41 am
mankey wrote:I have a doubt, please help:

My friend does not eat asparagus as I do.

In the sentence above, does it mean that I also dont eat asparagus or does it mean I eat asparagus?

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Yup I also feel that the sentence talks about comparing the eating manner instead of the food ...........
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by lunarpower » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:15 am
crick wrote:"My friend does not eat asparagus as I do. "

I am not sure if this is a well-formed sentence. First time, I comprehended the sentence as suggesting "my manner of eating aspargus is different from my friend."

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crick is correct; that would be the unique interpretation of the sentence. (it's impossible for "i do" to represent "does not eat"!!)
there are better ways in which this sentence could be written, but it's actually perfectly ok.

here's another example of the same:
mitch chose not to join the military, as all of his brothers had done; instead, he became a professional musician.
Ron has been teaching various standardized tests for 20 years.

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Pueden hacerle preguntas a Ron en castellano
Potete chiedere domande a Ron in italiano
On peut poser des questions à Ron en français
Voit esittää kysymyksiä Ron:lle myös suomeksi

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Quand on se sent bien dans un vêtement, tout peut arriver. Un bon vêtement, c'est un passeport pour le bonheur.

Yves Saint-Laurent

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