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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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No evidence to stand, no right to spout

Does "No evidence to stand, no right to spout" sound native in English?
The write meant that "without evidence that can stand up for truth, you don't have the right to spout". Is the intention well conveyed?
  

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NL888 Does "No evidence to stand, no right to spout" sound native in English? No, I don't know what it means. 'Spout' is certainly out of register.

  • NL888 Does "No evidence to stand, no right to spout" sound native in English?
  • No, I don't know what it means.
  • 'Spout' is certainly out of register.
  • NL888 The write meant that "without evidence that can stand up for truth, you don't have the right to spout" Then I think you need to flesh it out a bit.
  • I don't know what 'stand up for truth' means here, either; it is not a native idiom as it appears there.
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NL888Does "No evidence to stand, no right to spout" sound native in English?
No, I don't know what it means. 'Spout' is certainly out of register.
NL888The write meant that "without evidence that can stand up for truth, you don't have the right to spout"
Then I think you need to flesh it out a bit. I don't know what 'stand
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Thank you.
I edit it as this:
No evidence, no right to speak aloud.
It follows the common grammatical structure: no money, no honey (without money, there will be no love between you and me).
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But I don't know whether it works either.
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The problem is not the grammatical pattern but the vocabulary. 'Speak aloud' is in contradistinction to 'think only', which seems inappropriate to whatever it is you are trying to do.
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Cool, thanks.
Regarding "no evidence to stand, no right to spout", the writer intends to express the meaning: if there is no evidence to stand up for you, you have no right to spout such heresy.
I think my former paraphrasing is too poor to lead a reader on the right track.
It seems to me "no evidence to stand, no right to spout" can be crystal clear in a proper context.
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...which means that you have paid no attention whatsoever to my advice.
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No sir. Of course the priority and the most safe way is to use "without evidence, one has on right to make assertions". I just wondered other possibility.

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