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What is the real meaning of "tell" in this sentence?
I'm reading a book, and i saw a sentence as follows:
"It is quite easy to tell someone to be confident, and I am definitely not the first one to advocate confidence in the life."
i'm not sure about the phrase 'It is quite easy to tell someone to be confident". i think there are 2 ways to understand this phrase:
1. It is quite easy to say to someone that he/she should be confident person.
2. It is quite easy to know/realize someone who are confident.
Is 1 way or 2 way correct? can you help me to understand it?
2017년 12월 28일 오후 12:38
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There's only one meaning: "It is quite easy to say to someone that he/she should be a confident person."
You need to focus on the structure of the complete sentence, not just the definition.
to tell [someone] (that) [something] = to give information verbally
to tell [someone] [to do something] = to give a command/instruction
to tell (that) [something] = to know, based on evidence
2017년 12월 28일
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Tell means to say something to someone. In this case tell something to someone is talking about giving advice, you want the person to hear it and apply the words you "tell" them.
2017년 12월 28일
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It's the first one. Otherwise, that'll be something like "It's quite easy to tell someone (that) they're confident"
2017년 12월 28일
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