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> The Steens knew that their son was an avid gamer, but they'd not grasped that for nearly a decade, he had had another virtual life in the game World of Warcra
by Elfener 2y ago
> The Steens knew that their son was an avid gamer, but they'd not grasped that for nearly a decade, he had had another virtual life in the game World of Warcraft.
I had to read this sentence a couple of times before it made sense. If you ignore everything after the last comma, "knew that their son was an avid gamer, but they'd not grasped that" is an oxymoron.
- perching_aix 2y agoIs it? For example, you can understand some event putting others in great misfortune, even in detail, and you can go through that misfortune yourself. The latter grants a very different understanding. It's similar to what the rest of that sentence conveyed. I don't know why anyone would understand this any other way actually.
- jtsiskin 2y agoThey're saying it’s similar to a garden path sentence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence - it’s easy to parse wrong at first
- perching_aix 2y agoYeah I understood that, it's just that even when I read it the alternative way they misread it, I get nearly the same meaning and it is sensible, no oxymorons to be found. Maybe I'm further from native level than I thought and it's just not hitting my ears nearly as bad, I don't know.
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