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Pructus Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
No rule but has exceptions
Hi,
1. There is no rule but has exceptions.
2. There is no one but loves his own country.
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Are these two sentences correct and understandable?
I have had no doubt on these two ones, but today I happened to come across an argument that such sentences are dead, no more used and natives wouldn't understand.
1. There is no rule but has exceptions.
2. There is no one but loves his own country.
*** *** ***
Are these two sentences correct and understandable?
I have had no doubt on these two ones, but today I happened to come across an argument that such sentences are dead, no more used and natives wouldn't understand.
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1. There is no rule but has its exceptions. 2.
- 1.
- There is no rule but has its exceptions.
- 2.
- There is no one but loves his own country.
- Yes, they are fine, pructus.
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1. There is no rule but has its exceptions.
2. There is no one but loves his own country.
Yes, they are fine, pructus. 'But' in this use is not so common now, perhaps, but certainly not dead yet! I suggest that the arguer is not very literate.
2. There is no one but loves his own country.
Yes, they are fine, pructus. 'But' in this use is not so common now, perhaps, but certainly not dead yet! I suggest that the arguer is not very literate.
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Random House Dictionary accepts your sentences. One of the meanings of but is who/that not. It gives this example: "who not; that not: No leaders worthy of the name ever existed but they were optimists."
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