Difference of 'also'

[freelait2000@yahoo.com]

Hi,
The 'also' of the following sentence is a little different from my
direct sense.


He also was accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.
--From AP.


If I wrote it first, I would write it as:
He was also accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.

Is there any differences?


Thank you.

[Walter Roberson]

Re: Difference of 'also'

In article <1126559493.861 128.273470@o13g 2000cwo.googleg roups.com>,
<freelait2000@y ahoo.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>The 'also' of the following sentence is a little different from my
>direct sense.[/color]

That's not relevant to the C programming language which is the
topic of this newsgroup.

[remainder OT]
[color=blue]
>He also was accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.
>--From AP.[/color]
[color=blue]
>If I wrote it first, I would write it as:
>He was also accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.[/color]
[color=blue]
>Is there any differences?[/color]

"He also was X" might be applicable in cases where He was one of
a group who were X.

Mr. Red and Ms. Green were drunk. Mr. Brown was there too. He
also was drunk.

When there is no group involved, "He also was X" becomes a
form of "He was also X". English is fairly flexible. "He slowly
walked to the car" and "He walked slowly to the car" are both valid,
with perhaps slightly different moods.
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[Ben Pfaff]

Re: Difference of 'also'

freelait2000@ya hoo.com writes:
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> The 'also' of the following sentence is a little different from my
> direct sense.[/color]

[...]
[color=blue]
> Is there any differences?[/color]

Do you have a question about the standard C programming language?
--
Ben Pfaff
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[Keith Thompson]

Re: Difference of 'also'

freelait2000@ya hoo.com writes:[color=blue]
> The 'also' of the following sentence is a little different from my
> direct sense.
>
>
> He also was accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.
> --From AP.
>
>
> If I wrote it first, I would write it as:
> He was also accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.
>
> Is there any differences?[/color]

Also, this question is completely off-topic.
This question, also, is completely off-topic.
This question is also completely off-topic.
This question is completely off-topic, also.

Got it?

--
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[Mabden]

Re: Difference of 'also'

"Walter Roberson" <roberson@ibd.n rc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote in message
news:dg4sgt$9cv $1@canopus.cc.u manitoba.ca...[color=blue]
> In article <1126559493.861 128.273470@o13g 2000cwo.googleg roups.com>,
> <freelait2000@y ahoo.com> wrote:[color=green]
> >The 'also' of the following sentence is a little different from my
> >direct sense.[/color]
>
> That's not relevant to the C programming language which is the
> topic of this newsgroup.
>
> [remainder OT]
>[color=green]
> >He also was accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.
> >--From AP.[/color]
>[color=green]
> >If I wrote it first, I would write it as:
> >He was also accused of padding his resume, which Brown denied Friday.[/color]
>[color=green]
> >Is there any differences?[/color]
>
> "He also was X" might be applicable in cases where He was one of
> a group who were X.
>
> Mr. Red and Ms. Green were drunk. Mr. Brown was there too. He
> also was drunk.
>
> When there is no group involved, "He also was X" becomes a
> form of "He was also X". English is fairly flexible. "He slowly
> walked to the car" and "He walked slowly to the car" are both valid,
> with perhaps slightly different moods.[/color]

OK, OT, but I just have to wonder aloud anyway...
Is there a concept like that of "splitting infinitives" in the sentence?
By putting the "also" in between the phrase "was accused" you are
spitted up that phrase, like Kirk's "to boldly go".

--
Mabden