Mandarbmax@lemmy.world to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agotumblr reading comprehension: electric boogalooi.redd.itimagemessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1789
arrow-up1789imagetumblr reading comprehension: electric boogalooi.redd.itMandarbmax@lemmy.world to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square158fedilink
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoI came to a similar conclusion from the greentext. Big and small are valuable but one is more convenient to carry around with you (due to the mass). E: I think I see the tumblr users’ confusion here… the sentence Suppose you had $30 in coins as well, which would have greater mass? can be interpreted like a semicolon or separate sentence… Suppose you had $30 in coins as well. Which would have greater mass? or as a extension describing the object… Suppose you had $30 in coins which would have greater mass as well? Some might have taken the latter interpretation which makes the rest of the story incomprehensible.
I came to a similar conclusion from the greentext. Big and small are valuable but one is more convenient to carry around with you (due to the mass).
E: I think I see the tumblr users’ confusion here… the sentence
can be interpreted like a semicolon or separate sentence…
or as a extension describing the object…
Some might have taken the latter interpretation which makes the rest of the story incomprehensible.