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Sentence #1843

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 blay_paul blay_paul June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 10:20:31 PM UTC link Permalink

Technically I think this is valid English. It's darn ugly though.

Scott Scott June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 10:24:09 PM UTC link Permalink

I think it's more insane than ugly.

blay_paul blay_paul June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 10:26:16 PM UTC link Permalink

It's an explanation of how partially developed eyes can still serve a useful purpose - countering one of the common Creationist arguments.

Scott Scott June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 10:31:23 PM UTC link Permalink

Ok, I see. It's just very badly written.

Dorenda Dorenda June 27, 2010 June 27, 2010 at 4:25:57 PM UTC link Permalink

Well, what stops you from rewriting it? :)

Shady_arc Shady_arc November 4, 2014, edited November 4, 2014 November 4, 2014 at 12:41:12 AM UTC, edited November 4, 2014 at 12:59:22 AM UTC link Permalink

It does seem that the sentence makes little sense as it is (also, replacing "which" with "that" can really make it more Englishy). Can anyone check what the sentence in German says?

By the way, I am pretty sure that "ein Drittel-Auge" is a third of an eye. Otherwise please do explain how English distinguishes "half an eye" from "one half-eye". I am sure it is very fine but important difference. Oh boy, how hard it is to undestand English when your native language has no articles!

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Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.

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➜ #653Tatsächlich ist ein halbes Auge sehr nützlich, denn mit einem halben Auge kann ein Tier die Hälfte von einem anderen Tier sehen, das es auffressen will, und ihm aus dem Weg gehen, und es wird selber das Tier fressen, das nur ein Drittel-Auge oder nur 49% eines Auges hat, weil dieses ihm nicht schnell genug aus dem Weg gehen wird, und das Tier, das aufgefressen wurde, wird keine Kinder bekommen, weil es tot ist.

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➜ #3666En fait, un demi-œil est très utile, parce qu'avec un demi-œil, un animal peut voir la moitié d'un autre animal qui veut le dévorer et s'écarter de son chemin, et il dévorera lui-même l'animal qui n'a qu'un demi-œil ou 49% d'un œil parce que celui-ci ne se sera pas écarté de son chemin assez vite, et l'animal qui a été dévoré n'aura pas de petits parce qu'il est mort.

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➜ #387546In realtà un mezzo occhio è molto utile perché con un mezzo occhio un animale può vedere la metà di un altro animale che vuole divorarlo e spostarsi dal suo cammino, e divorerà lui stesso l'animale che non ha che un terzo di occhio o il 49% di un occhio perché esso non si sarà spostato dal suo cammino abbastanza velocemente, e l'animale che è stato divorato non avrà dei cuccioli perché è morto.

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