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NO 2592 - QUESTION???
Posted December 30th, 2007 by Engin Zeyn...
Dear all,
what do you think about the following sentence? Is it an advice? Or a definiton, explanation of a fact?
Is it what we have been already doing or is it what we should do?
I am a bit confused.
You do not want to be quick to take offense, and yet you do not let someone walk all over you.
Dear Engin, There are
Dear Engin,
There are several shades of meaning to the verb "want", in this case for instance "ought", "should" or "need to".
Does that help?
Love, Jochen
Thank you very much dear
Thank you very much :thumbup: dear Jochen,
yes I was indeed suspicious of that shade :blushing:
Dearest Engin, to me it
Dearest Engin,
to me it feels like a statement. "You do not want" for me means that taking offense is not our true nature, and for that we will not do it or want it.
I hope it helps a bit.
Love
Berit
Canim Berit, what do you
Canim Berit, what do you think about Jochen's interpretation. :Rolleyes:
I think it's right, my
I think it's right, my feelings bring me more to his last interpretation, which is that we "need not to" (I can't see his posting from here :Criying:) but I feel this is ok.
Maybe some other translater can be more precise than I am, I follow more my feelings :blushing:
Love
Berit
Most Beloved Berit, That is
Most Beloved Berit,
That is it!!!! Our feelings...To understand Heavenletters we mostly need our feelings and our big hearts!!!!! Yet, to translate , sometimes we dig them deeper. I agree with your approach too. To give an advice one should define the present fact... :thumbup: You are right too.
love you :wub:
Engin