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Sentence #3722182

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 odexed odexed January 13, 2017 January 13, 2017 at 1:00:15 PM UTC link Permalink

Do you think this sentence is ambigous?

albrusgher albrusgher January 14, 2017 January 14, 2017 at 9:55:36 PM UTC link Permalink

In my opinion, this sentence is ambiguous and I wanted to add the most "typical" meaning about it that is "to be in doubt about something," but at the same time, I think is completely correct to mean that Tom was sitting on a fence.

odexed odexed January 19, 2017, edited January 19, 2017 January 19, 2017 at 9:02:44 AM UTC, edited January 19, 2017 at 9:03:46 AM UTC link Permalink

@albrusgher

I think CK has a point here. It looks like the sentence is ambiguous but for native speakers it's not. They'd rather use "is sitting on the fence" instead of "is on the fence" to mean it literally. Besides, the sentence is tagged as "idiom" now.

albrusgher albrusgher January 19, 2017 January 19, 2017 at 9:21:00 AM UTC link Permalink

Ok, my friend, so, what's your suggestion right now? Maybe to delete the sentence "sobre la valla"?

odexed odexed January 19, 2017 January 19, 2017 at 9:26:05 AM UTC link Permalink

I could unlink it from the English, because your sentence is good and worth to be translated.

albrusgher albrusgher January 19, 2017 January 19, 2017 at 9:56:57 AM UTC link Permalink

Ok. Great.

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Tom was on the fence.

added by CK, January 1, 2015
➜ #5247393Tom kuşkuluydu.

linked by deyta, July 2, 2016
➜ #5335963Tom era sul recinto.

linked by Guybrush88, August 11, 2016
➜ #5609949Tom estaba sobre la valla.

linked by albrusgher, November 14, 2016
➜ #3654188Tom estaba indeciso.

linked by albrusgher, January 14, 2017
➜ #5609949Tom estaba sobre la valla.

unlinked by odexed, January 19, 2017
➜ #6489255Том вагався.

linked by deniko, November 30, 2017
➜ #6489256Том не міг прийняти остаточного рішення.

linked by deniko, November 30, 2017