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Dipsik Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Conjunction between constituents in negative sentences
Dear all,
below is a sentence I was asked to translate and I'm intrigued whether an 'or' would fit better in the place of that last 'and' (before the 'idioms')
I don' t suppose it terribly matters, but I am a bit of a grammar freak and like to know things precisely.
thanks a lot in advance
Lenka
A common misconception is that there exists a simple word-for-word correspondence between any two languages, and that translation is a straightforward mechanical process; such a word-for-word translation, however, cannot take into account context, grammar, conventions, and idioms.
below is a sentence I was asked to translate and I'm intrigued whether an 'or' would fit better in the place of that last 'and' (before the 'idioms')
I don' t suppose it terribly matters, but I am a bit of a grammar freak and like to know things precisely.
thanks a lot in advance
Lenka
A common misconception is that there exists a simple word-for-word correspondence between any two languages, and that translation is a straightforward mechanical process; such a word-for-word translation, however, cannot take into account context, grammar, conventions, and idioms.
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I, too, prefer or . And you're right that the negative is what pulls in the or in place of an and . CJ
- I, too, prefer or .
- And you're right that the negative is what pulls in the or in place of an and .
- CJ
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I, too, prefer or. And you're right that the negative is what pulls in the or in place of an and.
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