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How old that dog is.
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blay_paul - Jun 18th 2010, 07:38
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Espi - Dec 11th 2011, 01:47
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Shishir - Dec 11th 2011, 01:48
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alexmarcelo - Dec 11th 2011, 02:40
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Nero - Dec 11th 2011, 04:37
How old that dog is!

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How old that dog is!

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あの犬はなんて年をとっているのだろう。
あの 犬[いぬ] は なんて 年[とし] を とっ て いる の だろ う 。

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  1. alexmarcelo
    Dec 11th 2011, 01:38
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/10486
    It's a question...
  2. Espi
    Dec 11th 2011, 01:46
    Really? I don't think so.
  3. Eldad
    Dec 11th 2011, 01:59
    It *is* a question.

    It wouldn't be a question if there had been a first part to the sentence. For instance:
    He doesn't know how old that dog is.
  4. Eldad
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:02
    But, if it were a question, it should have been phrased differently:
    How old is that dog?

    So, as it stands now, something is wrong with this particular variant.
  5. Shishir
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:02
    Eldad, and couldn't this be an exclamation?
  6. Shishir
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:03
    How old this dog is! (I say this because the Polish sentence indirectly linked to this sentence has an exclamation mark)
  7. Eldad
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:04
    Yes, indeed!
    So, the period would have to be replaced with an exclamation mark.
  8. Espi
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:04
    But astonished I can state: "How old that dog is."
  9. Eldad
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:05
    (yes! I didn't see your comment about the exclamation mark - replied before I saw your other comment).
  10. Espi
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:07
    Yes, perhaps it'll be better with "!"
  11. Eldad
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:07
    Espi, you couldn't say that with a period at the end of the sentence. You say that yourself - you're astonished :) So, being astonished, would only a period suffice to express your feeling? :)
  12. Espi
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:13
    I've already changed my sentence. Thanks for the explanation ;)
  13. alexmarcelo
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:25
    Can you see the French translation? I know they are linked...
  14. Eldad
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:29
    The French variant cannot be seen here. Are they really linked?
  15. alexmarcelo
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:31
    Yes! Look at the logs...
  16. Eldad
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:32
    Yes, you're right. But it was unlinked (I guess it was unlinked because it underwent a change, from a question to an exclamation... :-))
  17. alexmarcelo
    Dec 11th 2011, 02:39
    Ahh, you're right! Thank you! :)

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