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Переслано от Liber Azerate
Неожиданный факт, конечно. Было бы даже интересно, как вы это докажете
Time flies like an arrow
Modern English speakers understand the sentence to unambiguously mean "Time passes fast, as fast as an arrow travels". But the sentence is syntactically ambiguous and alternatively could be interpreted as meaning, for example:
- (as an imperative) Measure the speed of flies like you would measure the speed of an arrow—i.e. (You should) time flies as you would time an arrow.
- (imperative) Measure the speed of flies using methods that an arrow would use—i.e. (You should) time flies in the same manner that an arrow would time them.
- (imperative) Measure the speed of flies with qualities resembling those of arrows—i.e. (You should) time those flies that are like an arrow.
- (declarative) Time moves in a way an arrow would.
- (declarative, i.e. neutrally stating a proposition) Certain flying insects, called "time flies", enjoy an arrow.