> Trying to translate an English sentence often causes problems.
>
> Does "hurt" mean
> 1. Injure
> 2. Cause pain to
> 3. Both?
>
I believe the intention of the sentence "I can eat glass and it doesn't
hurt me" is to convey the idea that the speaker is... eccentric, which
would characterize someone who does not believe that shards of glass in
the stomach would not cause injury, so (1).
- Frank
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