J'ai retiré mon manteau parce qu'il faisait chaud. - French example sentence

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CK March 5, 2020 March 5, 2020 at 2:18:09 AM UTC

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It's been suggested by two people that it isn't useful for me to contribute English sentences with the same meaning.

[#7803562] I took my coat off because it was hot. (CK) *audio*
[#7803561] I took off my coat because it was hot. (CK) *audio*

One of these people even accused me of doing this to "inflate my sentence count."

I wonder if you, too, think this isn't useful and that I should stop doing this.

Aiji March 5, 2020 March 5, 2020 at 3:20:22 AM UTC

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Well English has a lot of this. I think that, I had I would I'd, etc.

I think it's useful to have correct translations, because I never know where to place the object when using those darned phrasal verbs. I can understand however that it's irritating to translate several times the same thing, but I think that's a problem inherent to Tatoeba. Also, maybe they had this reaction because you added them as original sentences, but if they were added as translations their reaction would be different? I don't know. I guess arguments can be given for both sides.