bonanova 85 Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) A man, who was born before his father, killed his mother and then married his sister. Yet he was guilty of no wrongdoing. How is this possible? Edited May 21, 2014 by bonanova Commas added Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Solution Rob_G 1 Posted May 21, 2014 Solution Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 If we take before to mean infront of, his father watched his birth, but his mother died giving birth. The man then grew up to be a priest/pastor/justice of the peace/etc and officiated his sister's wedding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 bubbled 3 Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 A man who was born before his father killed his mother and then married his sister. Yet he was guilty of no wrongdoing. How is this possible? It seems that you can interpret the sentence to read as follows: A boy (who is now a man) was born, and then after his birth, his father killed his mother and married his sister. It's not clear whether the father killed his own mother or the boy's mother, or the father married his own sister or the boy's sister, but either way, the son is not guilty of any wrongdoing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 bonanova 85 Posted May 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 A man who was born before his father killed his mother and then married his sister. Yet he was guilty of no wrongdoing. How is this possible? It seems that you can interpret the sentence to read as follows: A boy (who is now a man) was born, and then after his birth, his father killed his mother and married his sister. It's not clear whether the father killed his own mother or the boy's mother, or the father married his own sister or the boy's sister, but either way, the son is not guilty of any wrongdoing. Good point. I have edited the OP by adding commas to clarify it. "A man" is the subject of all the verbs in the sentence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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A man, who was born before his father, killed his mother and then married his sister. Yet he was guilty of no wrongdoing. How is this possible?
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