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Sergiodefenders Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Take no prisoners / Don't take prisoners

Wich is the difference between this sentences?

1-Take no prisoners ( I've read this expresion in lyric of songs and movies subtitiles..)

2-Don't take prisoners ( This way is how I have learnt it...)

Thanks anyway....
  

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They are both correct and mean the same to a first approximation. Though I think #1 is more emotionally powerful.

— Ant_222

  • They are both correct and mean the same to a first approximation.
  • Though I think #1 is more emotionally powerful.
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They are both correct and mean the same to a first approximation. Though I think #1 is more emotionally powerful.
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SergiodefendersWich is the difference between this sentences?

1-Take no prisoners ( I've read this expresion in lyric of songs and movies subtitiles..)

Thanks anyway....
<<2-Don't take prisoners ( This way is how I have learnt it...)>>

Hi Sergiodefenders,

I have never heard of th
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They are equivalent in meaning, but only the first is the idiom.

CJ
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so, the second one is wrong ?...
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Sergiodefendersso, the second one is wrong ?...
The first is more common and would sound more "natural" in most situations, but the meaning is basically the same. The second is not gramatically incorrect.
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