Timeline for "Provide's meaning in this sentence"
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| Dec 27, 2018 at 19:16 | comment | added | Tashus | Are you certain of the original quote? I agree with @JasonBassford's comment that the singular aid would be more appropriate. | |
| Dec 27, 2018 at 19:15 | answer | added | Tashus | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 27, 2018 at 14:28 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | That's not what I said at all. If that's what it meant, it would be in capitals: AIDS. But it would make no sense whatsoever, as no government would ever mandate that. Look at the dictionary definition of aid: "something by which assistance is given : an assisting device." | |
| Dec 27, 2018 at 14:08 | comment | added | Kiw | Does the sentence really mean "To give Aids, HIV, to the disabled" ? To have the disabled contracted AIDS ? | |
| Dec 27, 2018 at 10:35 | answer | added | Devanshu Kashyap | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 27, 2018 at 10:31 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | Aids is being used as a noun—and a countable one at that. So, it means that the law says the authorities have to give (or make available) canes to the blind, wheelchairs to those who can't walk, and so on. (Although, personally, I would have used the singular, uncountable noun—just aid.) | |
| Dec 27, 2018 at 10:20 | history | asked | Kiw | CC BY-SA 4.0 |