Same words, different meanings?
【In the news, we often hear things like "someone was stabbed or shot many times". I'm just wondering if "many times" can mean different things in different situations, I take the following sentences to explain my question.】
He was stabbed twice, once in the chest and once in the arm.
He was stabbed twice, once last year and once again this year.
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Answers · 3
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It can mean both, depending on the context. The later would be much rarer in the case of stabbing (thankfully a rare occurrence), and would be probably be said "two different times" or "Was stabbed on two separate occasions."
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first one
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