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by: arthurvv vart - Sun, 7 Jan 2024 10:50 UTC

1) My one employee thinks I am a miser.

Is that sentence grammatical?
Is it meaningful?

I think that sentence in unacceptable in formal English,
but might be acceptable in informal English. I am not sure at all.

If it is acceptable, does it mean:
My only employee thinks I am a miser.

Could it mean: One of my employees thinks I am strange.

Gratefully,
Navi

Lost in the Twilgith Zone of the English language
Interested in strange structures
Obsessed with ambiguity

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by: Hibou - Sun, 7 Jan 2024 11:39 UTC

Le 07/01/2024 à 10:50, arthurvv vart a écrit :
>
> 1) My one employee thinks I am a miser.
>
> Is that sentence grammatical?
> Is it meaningful?

Yes.

> I think that sentence in unacceptable in formal English,
> but might be acceptable in informal English. I am not sure at all.

I think I'd label it as fairly formal.

> If it is acceptable, does it mean:
> My only employee thinks I am a miser.

Yes. His name is Bob Cratchit.

> Could it mean: One of my employees thinks I am strange.

No, not even if 'strange' is taken to mean 'a miser'.

Make a wish, it might come true.

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