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Sentence #5827703

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CK CK February 5, 2017 February 5, 2017 at 12:05:10 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

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[#5825814] There's no use trying to reason with Tom. (CK)

Perhaps this construction is more often used nowadays.

Pfirsichbaeumchen Pfirsichbaeumchen February 5, 2017 February 5, 2017 at 12:06:44 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Anne of Green Gables? ☺

Hybrid Hybrid February 5, 2017, edited February 5, 2017 February 5, 2017 at 12:29:54 AM UTC, edited February 5, 2017 at 12:36:29 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

All of these sentences come from Anne of Green Gables. I'll add the tags later.

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There's no use reasoning with Anne now.

added by Hybrid, February 4, 2017