I didn't say that Jack welch did. I would like to assume authorship of that wonderful thing but it was Jack welch who said that.
I can't understand nor interprete this sentence.
I'd like to know..
2006-12-05 22:16:42 · 6 answers · asked by Iamman 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Let's call X the person who's speaking.
Apparently, somebody noticed that X said a great sentence, but X wasn't the 1st one to say it, jack welch was the 1st, so X says that he wasn't the one who created the sentence (I didn't say that, Jawk Welch did). X would have been very pleased to be the creator of the sentence, so "he would like to assume authorship of that wonderful thing", but he's honest, so he give the name of the author "but it was Jack Walsh who saisd that"
I'm not sure it's much clearer :-)
2006-12-05 22:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by julie c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try now:
' I didn't say that. Jack Welch did.
I would like to assume authorship of that wonderful thing, but it was Jack Welch who said that. '
2006-12-06 08:06:25 · answer #2 · answered by Nikkers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it boils down to punctuation. Let me make this suggestion:
"I didn't say that: Jack Welch did. I would like to assume authorship of that wonderful thing, but it was Jack Welch who said that."
Apparently Jack Welch has wrongly attributed some clever remark/wonderful idea to our speaker, who is defending himself by explaining that he didn't claim to have said/done it in the first place. It was Jack Welch who said that he had said/done it.
Otherwise, I'm as baffled as you!
2006-12-06 06:24:50 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means the narrator (the 'I') didn't say anything about Jack Welch.
Jack Welch said it was Jack Welch who did it, and not the narrator.
2006-12-06 06:42:11 · answer #4 · answered by ffamaf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He just like to live well...
2006-12-06 06:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by dodadz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha.....? I am confused now???
2006-12-06 06:35:42 · answer #6 · answered by Jessiefer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋