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I love him dearly and he loves me as much as I do.

What does this sentence mean?

  1. He loves me as much as I love myself.

  2. He loves me as much as I love him.

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    It means the person who said it is a learner who doesn't speak English very well. Native speakers wouldn't say this.
    – FumbleFingers
    Jan 18 at 14:40
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    I’m voting to close this question because it's asking for the "meaning" of an invalid utterance
    – FumbleFingers
    Jan 18 at 14:41

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It means whatever the speaker meant it to mean.

Logically, it means as much as I love myself, but (unless there's a rather special context) that is unlikely, so the speaker probably intends as much as I love him.

Don't expect logical consistency from speakers.

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It could mean both alternatives but #2 seems more likely.

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