Re:Professor's apparent request to student for fake data pub...
by gojomo on Friday August 09, 2013 @05:29AM
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Never say never; I think most American speakers would find that the 'fabricated iPhones' noun phrase implies that the iPhones are counterfeits. Otherwise the adjective would be awkwardly unnecessary – all iPhones are already manufactured. So, it must be there to emphasize (or at least hint at) the other meaning of 'fabricated'.
It's a little bit of an uncommon/sloppy usage, but still clear... more likely to appear in impromptu speech than writing.
It's a little bit of an uncommon/sloppy usage, but still clear... more likely to appear in impromptu speech than writing.