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Old 2nd August 2019, 12:45   #6
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Originally Posted by SD1too View Post

Well there's an example of how an innocent sentence can have two different meanings depending upon whether the emphasis is put upon "I" or "had done".
I think the truth is best conveyed by saying:
"... and engine mounting that the garage had done the week before."

Simon
I suppose it should have been " the engine mounting that I had had done …" although strangely enough I read it that way the first time. It wasn't until you interpreted it differently that I realised the ambiguity was there.
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