He's been looking for the missing cat all day. - English example sentence

warning

Your sentence was not added because the following already exists.

star This sentence belongs to a native speaker.

warning

This sentence is not reliable.

content_copy

Copy sentence

info

Go to sentence page

subdirectory_arrow_right

warning

Translations

Unlink this translation

link

Make into direct translation

chevron_right

Existing sentence #{{::translation.id}} has been added as a translation.

edit

Edit this translation

warning

This sentence is not reliable.

content_copy

Copy sentence

info

Go to sentence page

subdirectory_arrow_right

warning

Translations of translations

Unlink this translation

link

Make into direct translation

chevron_right

Existing sentence #{{::translation.id}} has been added as a translation.

edit

Edit this translation

warning

This sentence is not reliable.

content_copy

Copy sentence

info

Go to sentence page

subdirectory_arrow_right

warning

{{vm.sentence.expandLabel}} Fewer translations

patgfisher November 9, 2013 November 9, 2013 at 10:27:44 PM UTC

flag

Report

link

Permalink

"for all the day long." --> "all day."

Dejo November 10, 2013 November 10, 2013 at 4:13:25 PM UTC

flag

Report

link

Permalink

"for all day" doesn't work
He's been looking for the missing cat all day.

You can say "for the whole day". (I have no explanation of why one is wrong and the other is right, but it confirms my belief that English is useless as an international language. Try Esperanto:)

astynk November 10, 2013 November 10, 2013 at 4:31:36 PM UTC

flag

Report

link

Permalink

I've spent too much time on English to just give it up. Moreover, Esperanto is pretty much of a non-language, it has only 20,000 speakers spread all over the world who have nothing to talk about. It goes without saying that I'm unlikely to ever find an Esperanto speaker in real life. That's why I consider learning a constructed language to be pointless.