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Eladio Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

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00"No truth is ever a lie"; How should I get it?: 02br
001.- A truth never is a lie. 02br
002.- A non-truth is always a lie. 02br
003.- Not any truth is a lie in any way. 02br
00I'm confused because of the use of "ever" here. Please, could you help me? Could you give me other related examples? 02br
00And thank you in advance! 02br
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0 I'd choose 1 02br 00If you shift the "no" before "truth" to the second part of the sentence, you get: 02br 00"a truth is never a lie" 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0 I'd choose 1 02br 00If you shift the "no" before "truth" to the second part of the sentence, you get: 02br 00"a truth is never a lie" 0-
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0 I'd choose 1 02br
00If you shift the "no" before "truth" to the second part of the sentence, you get: 02br
00"a truth is never a lie" 0-
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0 No [truth / statement which is true] is [ever / in any situation / in any circumstances] a [lie / a statement which is false]. 02br
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00Or, which is equivalent, as Pieanne has shown: 02br
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00A [truth / statement which is true] is [never / in no situation / in no circumstances] a [lie / statement which is false]. 02br
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00Or,
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0 Thank you pieanne and CJ for your help! 02br
00CJ, your pattern seems to be quite fine and helped a lot. 02br
00Eladio 0-
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0 Number 2 seems to amount to much the same thing: 02br
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001. No truth is ever a lie => 02br
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00No-truth [i.e. that which contains no truth] is ever [i.e. always] a lie [i.e. that which contains no truth]. 02br
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00However, that does depend on a broad interpretation of 'lie'. 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 Thank you for your comments Mr. Pedantic. Yes, you're right I believe. I'm going to reveal the source I've taken that sentence. It's a beautiful song I love it, and the context maybe could help all friends from English Forums to a better understanding of the phrase. 02br
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00To me, now, when I've got the meaning of "No truth is ever a lie", it is referring to the situat
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