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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

no means

0The players should have avoided endorsements by00 no means.02br
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0The full phrase is 'by no means', which is 'not at all'. But, somehow, placing 'by no means' at the end of the sentence makes it a bit awkward. 0-

— Conchita57

  • 0The full phrase is 'by no means', which is 'not at all'.
  • But, somehow, placing 'by no means' at the end of the sentence makes it a bit awkward.
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0The full phrase is 'by no means', which is 'not at all'. But, somehow, placing 'by no means' at the end of the sentence makes it a bit awkward. I'd have written:02br
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01i00The players should by no means have avoided endorsements.02i00 Or:02br
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01i00By no means should the players have avoided endorsements02i00
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01cite10Conchita5712cite10The full phrase is 'by no means', which is 'not at all'. But, somehow, placing 'by no means' at the end of the sentence makes it a bit awkward. I'd have written:12br
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11i10The players should by no means have avoided endorsements.12i10 Or:12br
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01cite10User_gary12cite10The players should have avoided endorsements by10 no means.12br
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11u10Does12u10 this sentence mean: 11b10In the past the players haven't avoided endorsements.12b12br
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10No, it means: (Some time b
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0 This is out of context. 02br
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00The full context is that the players should have avoided becoming involved in endorsing sports goods altogether.0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10This is out of context. 12br
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10The full context is that the players should have avoided becoming involved in endorsing sports goods altogether.12br
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10This context is certainly new to me. But, in this case, the phrase 'by no means' should not be adde
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0 Gary has taken an answer from another forum and is trying to establish what was meant by the term "by no means". Since the answer misused the term, it has become confusing.0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10This is out of context. 12br
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10The full context is that the players should have avoided becoming involved in endorsing sports goods altogether.12br
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10Thank you Feeb 11 and everybody.02br
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00I asked the same question again in t
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0Gary, does that mean you understand it now?02br
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00Let's try it with a more simple sentence: 01i00By no means should you press the red button. 02i00That means you should NOT, no matter what the circumstances, press the red button.02br
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00Let's say that I did press the red button, and alarms went off, the production line shut
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