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Sentence #4170328

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 patgfisher patgfisher May 10, 2015 May 10, 2015 at 1:33:01 PM UTC link Permalink

"exactly once" sounds less than natural.

Wuzzy Wuzzy May 10, 2015 May 10, 2015 at 3:43:31 PM UTC link Permalink

I want to say that I did not go to the ice two times, or three times, or more often, or not at all, but once, and *exactly* once.

How else would you express that?

I can't say something like “not once”, because that would mean “never”.

Ooneykcall Ooneykcall May 10, 2015 May 10, 2015 at 4:18:19 PM UTC link Permalink

How can you not go to the ice once? The number of times you ever went is zero anyway. If you mean you had exactly one opportunity to do so and declined it, then say so.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #4170261mi paroinai dansu lo bisli.

I didn't go dancing on the ice exactly once.

added by Wuzzy, May 10, 2015
➜ #4170261mi paroinai dansu lo bisli

linked by Wuzzy, May 10, 2015
➜ #4220030Tam olarak bir kez bile buzda dansa gitmedim.

linked by duran, May 24, 2015
I went dancing on the ice exactly once.

edited by AlanF_US, March 6, 2018