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My student question (2) There is no one but commits errors. Why do we use "but " as relative ? Thanks!
2024년 6월 18일 오전 3:28
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Your sentence does not use "but" correctly. "But" can be used to emphasize _impossibility_. For example, you can say "one cannot but notice that it is going to rain soon" to emphasize the impossibility of not noticing that it is going to rain soon". A correct way to write your sentence is: "One cannot but commit errors." "One" is much better than "no one" because "no one" needlessly introduces a double negative.
2024년 6월 19일
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We don't. This sentence is wrong. I think "There is no one who doesn't commit errors." is what the sentence means.
2024년 6월 18일
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