Linguistic question re IV

[János Széky]

So "put you on the scene" just means "say that you were on the scene"?
J

Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de> írta (2011. augusztus 9. 13:09):
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> On 09.08.2011 11:41, János Széky wrote:
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>> There is Jade apologizing on page 84: "...the cops told us they'd drop
>> charges if we just put you at the scene, which they already knew you
>> were so where was the harm..."
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>> The syntax seems to be elliptical here so please tell me what 'which
>> they already knew you were' means exactly.
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> The cops already knew that Sportello was at the place of action.
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> Perhaps too simple, but that's how I understand it.
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> Nikolaus Stingl too. In his German translation (p. 111) it says:
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> "Die Cops haben uns gesagt, sie lassen die Anschuldigungen fallen, wenn wir
> aussagen, dass du am Tatort warst, dabei wussten sie das ohnehin schon, was
> konnte es also schaden ..."
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>> Thanks,
>> János
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