now I know that anglophones actually will not comprehend this sentence as "a
teacher who has been repeatedly MODIFIED", like a "PLAN".
That was what had bothered me in the beginning.
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 14:31:49 +0800, <paa19437@anet.net.tw>
> <paa19437@anet.net.tw> wrote:
> > "the teacher has been changed" means that the old teacher left, and a
new
> > teacher comes.
> The position of 'teacher' is not human, the people who fill that
> position are human, so there is no conflict. Yes, there is a slight
> ambiguity but since you understand the single case there is no
> difference when it happens "many times".
> The use of "has been changed" implies that it may not have been the
> student's choice (it may have been, as in "the person changes his
> teacher", but it may also have been the teachers who left and were
> replaced by a school).
> Except for the above (that one implies that it was the student's choice
> and in the other it was probably not their choice), yes.
> Note followups.
> Chris C
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