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by: arthurvv vart - Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:39 UTC

1) You ought to speak to someone who's dating anyone, and they'll tell
you I am right.

2) You ought to speak to someone who dates anyone, and they'll tell you
I am right.

Is there a difference in the meanings?

I think '1' means that you ought to talk to someone who is dating someone
(no matter who) and '2' means you ought to talk to someone who would
date anyone.

Is that correct?

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Gratefully.
Navi

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Interested in structures on the margins of grammticality
Obsessed with ambiguity

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by: Peter T. Daniels - Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 6:39:14 AM UTC-5, arthurvv vart wrote:

> 1) You ought to speak to someone who's dating anyone, and they'll tell
> you I am right.
>
> 2) You ought to speak to someone who dates anyone, and they'll tell you
> I am right.
>
> Is there a difference in the meanings?

Incomprehensible without the context. Are you still learning generations-
old California slang from Buffy?

> I think '1' means that you ought to talk to someone who is dating someone
> (no matter who) and '2' means you ought to talk to someone who would
> date anyone.
>
> Is that correct?

I suspect you might ask an intelligible question if it started "You ought
to ask anyone who's ...."

Where is John Carson now that we need him? -- RLG

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dates/is dating	arthurvv vart
Re: dates/is dating	Peter T. Daniels