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Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -)
Message de deutsche12 posté le 24-10-2010 à 15:11:11 (S | E | F)
Hello !
Je voudrais savoir si cette phrase est juste :

They were so stupid that they didn't understand.

Thanks !!

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Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de dolfine56, postée le 24-10-2010 à 15:36:31 (S | E)
Hello,

They were so stupid that they didn't understand.

I guess this sentence is right, but I'd say
they were so stupid that they understood nothing.

because, "to understand nothing" means they are really stupid , doesn't it?
see you.

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Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de deutsche12, postée le 24-10-2010 à 15:41:45 (S | E)
Yes, you're right !
Thank you very much, dolfine56 !!

All the best !

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Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de ariette, postée le 24-10-2010 à 16:00:54 (S | E)
or may be
they were too stupid to understand ?

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Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de notrepere, postée le 24-10-2010 à 16:03:31 (S | E)
Hello!

You sentence is ambiguous because it can be understood in two ways:

They were so stupid not to have understood.
(I can't believe they didn't understand)

or

They didn't understand because they were so stupid.

I suspect that you intended the second meaning, so rewording the sentence would be better.

I hope this helps.

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Modifié par notrepere le 24-10-2010 19:04

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Réponse: Cette phrase est-elle juste ? -) de may, postée le 24-10-2010 à 16:14:15 (S | E)

Bonjour,

I agree with dolfine56, however we might put the sentence as:

They were so stupid that they wouldn't understand or simply They were too stupid to understand anything.
(the word stupid seems very hard then..)



Accordingly,

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