A few days ago
what does this mean?
Many things were said and done.
does it mean many things were both said and done? or something were said and others were done?
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It means that many things were said and that many things were done, but cannot be sure of which things were exactly said and which things were exactly done.
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I take the ‘many’ as referring to the ‘said’ and the ‘done’, so the answer technically is both. In practice however from experience I would suggest that when all is said and done, there is a lot more said….than done!
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It’s basic distributive law:
a ( b + c ) = a b + a c
Many things were ( said and done)
= (Many things were said) and (many things were done)
So, you could look at the first statement (compressed) or the second statement (expanded).
Although, mathematically, it is the same, language wise, there is some difference in the emphasis.
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It means the former: many things were said and many things were done. It could even have been that many things were said and then done.
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everything has been done in all senses of the word. there is nothing more to be said. or done. hope this makes sense.. : )
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no way to tell.
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both.
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