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Sentence #293678

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Swift Swift September 14, 2010 September 14, 2010 at 1:38:13 AM UTC link Permalink

Check this with the Japanese (#110010) and the German (#370911).

blay_paul blay_paul September 14, 2010 September 14, 2010 at 1:53:41 AM UTC link Permalink

Also, "He didn't reply with a single word" is a confusing sentence. Potentially it could mean that "he did reply with more than one word"

It isn't a sentence I'd use myself.

Swift Swift September 14, 2010 September 14, 2010 at 9:57:42 AM UTC link Permalink

@blay_paul: It may be ambiguous, but I don't find it confusing. An alcoholic stating that he hasn't had a single drop for eight years is usually understood to not having had any.

@CK: I didn't recognise this as an archaic, but passable sentence. Had I, I wouldn't have changed it. It is, indeed, Tatoeba policy to submit alternatives, rather than change acceptable sentences.

I didn't like this sentence terribly much either, hence I didn't adopt it. Please feel free to change it and add your own translations. Should you add archaic versions, just remember to tag them as such, in particular if they're linked to sentences using modern speech.

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He answered never a word.

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linked by lilygilder, March 10, 2010

He didn't reply with a single word.

edited by Swift, September 14, 2010

He gave not a word in reply.

edited by blay_paul, September 14, 2010

linked by Thanuir, February 12, 2022