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Rotter Posted 21 years ago
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Nightly attacks
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has issued an order to deport foreigners convicted of involvement.
Mr Sarkozy told parliament that 120 foreigners - "not all of whom are here illegally" - had been convicted of taking part in the nightly attacks.
"I have asked the prefects to deport them from our national territory without delay, including those who have a residency visa," he said.
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Would you say nightly attacks? If some stranger calls every night, would you say I get some nightly calls.
This sound odd to my ears.
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Mr Sarkozy told parliament that 120 foreigners - "not all of whom are here illegally" - had been convicted of taking part in the nightly attacks.
"I have asked the prefects to deport them from our national territory without delay, including those who have a residency visa," he said.
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Would you say nightly attacks? If some stranger calls every night, would you say I get some nightly calls.
This sound odd to my ears.
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Well, I guess it's "attacks during the night" "Nightly calls" doesn't sound that odd.
- Well, I guess it's "attacks during the night" "Nightly calls" doesn't sound that odd.
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Well, I guess it's "attacks during the night"
"Nightly calls" doesn't sound that odd.
"Nightly calls" doesn't sound that odd.
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"Nightly attacks" sounds to me like the attacks happen every night. If you just mean "attacks that happen at night" it might be better to say "nighttime attacks" or "nocturnal attacks." According to my dictionary "nightly" can mean both "at night" and every night," but I would almost always understand it to mean "every night."
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Would you say nightly attacks? If some stranger calls every night, would you say I get some nightly calls?
Yes. I would say 'nightly attacks'. In the case of the calls I would not hesitate at all to say that I get 'nightly calls' (not 'some nightly calls').
CJ
Yes. I would say 'nightly attacks'. In the case of the calls I would not hesitate at all to say that I get 'nightly calls' (not 'some nightly calls').
CJ
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And, alas, those attacks have been happening every night for the last 12 or 13 days... But they are decreasing in violence, from what I heard on the radio.
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