In the example, I was implying a scenario in which Larry sold Larry’s stuff, which would have included Larry’s phone.
Tom then gives Larry’s phone to Steve.
I used ‘stuff’ in the first sentence to prevent revealing ‘phone’ beforehand, in which case it could have become, “Tom gave Steve the phone.”.
In the example, I was implying a scenario in which Larry sold Larry’s stuff, which would have included Larry’s phone.
Tom then gives Larry’s phone to Steve.
I used ‘stuff’ in the first sentence to prevent revealing ‘phone’ beforehand, in which case it could have become, “Tom gave Steve the phone.”.
Sounds like you could invent a language with fancy rules :p