Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 days agoThis Sentence Is Not A Rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1636arrow-down13
arrow-up1633arrow-down1imageThis Sentence Is Not A Rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneZizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square100linkfedilink
minus-squarejtreklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 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@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 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.