Search from various 영어 teachers...
Asahi SATO
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
답변 · 6
1
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
1
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
아직도 답을 찾지 못하셨나요?
질문을 남겨보세요. 원어민이 도움을 줄 수 있을 거예요!



