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1. “A glass of water comes by request only in restaurants.”
This sentence implies that the only type of establishment in which a glass of water is served is a restaurant. However, what it means is that in a certain type of establishment, a patron must ask to be served water. To communicate the correct meaning of the sentence, structure it with that syntax: “In restaurants, a glass of water comes by request only.”

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