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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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0Up to two hundred people were on board the ship.02br
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00Can 'up to' emphasize the number here?02br
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00How do you emphasize 'two hundred people'?02br
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00Thanks02br
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0 What do you mean by 01i 00emphasize02i 00? Really, what do you mean to say with the sentence? 02br 00<> You could say for a confirmation/stress of the number: 02br 02br 01i 00<>01b 00Indeed02b 00, two hundred was the number of people on board.

  • 0 What do you mean by 01i 00emphasize02i 00?
  • Really, what do you mean to say with the sentence?
  • 02br 00<> You could say for a confirmation/stress of the number: 02br 02br 01i 00<>01b 00Indeed02b 00, two hundred was the number of people on board.
  • 02i 02br 00<>01i 00The number of people on board was 01b 00really/indeed/02b 02i 01b 01i 00in fact two hundred.
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0 What do you mean by 01i00emphasize02i00? Really, what do you mean to say with the sentence? 02br
00<> You could say for a confirmation/stress of the number: 02br
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01i00<>01b00Indeed02b00, two hundred was the number of people on board. 02i02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11i11b10really/indeed/12b12i11b11i10in fact 12i12b12blockquote
10Got it! Thanks, Marius.02br
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00What I wanted to mean here is: 02br
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00No less than two hundred people were on board the shi
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0Hi Marius02br
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01i00<>01b00Indeed02b00, two hundred 01b00was the number of02b00 people on board. 02i02br
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00Just to confirm: Is the sentence correct? Is it acceptable?02br
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00Shouldn't it be: 01i01b00Indeed02b00, 01b0
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10Whether or not 'no less than' can be replaced with 'up to' 12blockquote
10No. They're different.02br
01i00up to 20002i00 includes ..., 180, ..., 190, ..., 196, 197, 198, 199, 200.02br
01i00no less than 20002i00 includes 200, 201,
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0Thanks, CJ.02br
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00Got it!0-

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