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Re:Why Is That Dog Looking at Me? by sound_of_basker on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @02:53AM (#10225046)
Stressing each part of that sentence separately, I got five different meanings. English is a strange language.
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Re:Why Is That Dog Looking at Me? by dlubarov on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @03:20AM (#10225134)
We could tease out seven meanings:

  WHY is that dog looking at me? - the standard version
  Why IS that dog looking at me? - a reply to the above; I'm wondering the same thing!
  Why is THAT dog looking at me? - why not the other dog?
  Why is that DOG looking at me? - why not the cat?
  Why is that dog LOOKING at me? - why is it just looking, not sniffing etc?
  Why is that dog looking AT me? - why not look past me at the food on the table? (okay, this one's a stretch)
  Why is that dog looking at ME? - why not you?
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Re:Why Is That Dog Looking at Me? by stullig on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @02:58AM (#10225063)
According to Burroughs: "A Virus from outer space"
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