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Latest post Fri, Feb 9 2007 12:21 PM by nona the brit. 1 replies.
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clarence  +  326801 Fri, 09 Feb 07 12:00 PM

If I write:

   She deleted the file by accident.

Does it mean that she knows she has accidentally deleted the file or she doesn't?

The scenario is that she deleted a number of files together, and she didn't know that a particular file was also deleted in the process.
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nona the brit  +  326817 Fri, 09 Feb 07 12:21 PM
She accidentally deleted the file. She may have realised this or not. The sentence 'She deleted the file by accident' doesn't tell you either way.'
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