Which two of the following meanings are admissible for the following sentences: “You do not know how…
The sentence permits good to modify the oysters’ quality as food, or to be part of the noun phrase good oysters with taste functioning as an activity performed by them.…
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Which two of the following meanings are admissible for the following sentences:
“You do not know how good oysters taste”
(A) You do not know that oysters taste good as food
(B) You do not know how the oysters taste when cooked
(C) You do not know what the oysters taste when they eat
(D) You do not know how the good oysters taste when they eat
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
The sentence permits good to modify the oysters’ quality as food, or to be part of the noun phrase good oysters with taste functioning as an activity performed by them. These readings correspond most closely to A and D. Cooking is an added condition in B, while C changes how to what and omits the relevant good-oysters construction. Thus (A) and (D) Only is the intended ambiguity pair.
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